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"Gradual intrusion"2 answers
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Filled answer is this word (ENCROACHMENT).
Definitions
A gradual intrusion on another area, right, or space.
Word origin
From encroach + -ment.
Used in a sentence
“At the same time, the encroachment of vegetation proceeds apace, and broom and brambles have already made portions of the line impassable, even on foot.”
“Ah! my brother, we do well to watch our birthright jealously; the least invasion on the meanest peasant, the slightest encroachment of the powerful, are not matters to be neglected—such are the first steps of tyranny.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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