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to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate
The neighbors intrude on your privacy
This new colleague invades my territory
How To Use encroach upon In A Sentence
- New housing is starting to encroach upon the surrounding fields.
- We will never allow anybody to encroach upon China's territorial integrity and sovereignty.
- At issue is the degree to which Western perspectivism -- following from the West's emphasis on individuality and style -- will be allowed to encroach upon received notions of idealism, which purportedly shun any expression of individual observation of reality. Anis Shivani: The Best Books of the Decade
- Following separation the plaintiff did not find it necessary to encroach upon her assets.
- We will never allow anybody to encroach upon China's territorial integrity and sovereignty.
- They jettied the harbor, built ample wharves and go-downs, and bade their own people confine themselves to the inner town across the canal, and not encroach upon the Europeans. In Seven Stages: A Flying Trip Around the World
- New housing is starting to encroach upon the surrounding fields.
- We will never allow anybody to encroach upon China's territorial integrity and sovereignty.
- Traditionally men have compartmentalized their lives, never letting their personal lives encroach upon their professional lives.
- He never allows work to encroach upon his family life.