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encroaching

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The parallels Hong Kong readers find between the encroaching Titans and China have made it a huge success there.

“Scorched earth,” historically, means destroying land to deprive the encroaching enemy of its use.

“I realized these rude people were encroaching upon my personal life—my own fault, mind you—for opening the door,” he said.

When he falls in love with human Grace, he must fight the encroaching winter and the change it will bring.

Or will this encroaching uneasiness with Obama stay limited to this one snapshot in time in this one Southern state?

Mr. Campbell smiled and said, "she is encroaching on your goodness already, Madam, and would bring all my family with her."

Encroaching upon functions of subordinates prohibited; orders to be definite.

The dense shadows as yet unconquered by the encroaching whiteness gave the Campagna the aspect of a desert.

Islam has neither intention nor design of encroaching upon the spiritual preserves of Christendom.

In no long time after this the town was wholly absorbed by the encroaching waters.

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On this page you'll find 29 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to encroaching, such as: combative, contentious, destructive, intrusive, threatening, and advancing.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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