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verb · intransitive

detrench

detrench · detrenches · detrenched · detrenching

To cut off or slice; to severTo cut off or slice; to sever.

Meaning

4 senses

To cut off or slice; to sever.
To render something that was entrenched less thoroughly established.
To dig out and remove from a trench.
To force (an army) out of trenches, or to be so forced out.

Origin

From Middle English. From de- + trench.

From Middle English.

From de- + trench.

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Forms

detrenches, detrenching, detrenched, detrenched

Base form	detrench · to detrench
3rd person singular	detrenches
Present participle	detrenching
Past simple	detrenched
Past participle	detrenched

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	detrench
he, she, it	detrenches

Past simpleLesson

all persons

detrenched

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have detrenched
he, she, it	has detrenched

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will detrench

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

detox detractC2 detractor detrimentC1 detrimentalC1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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