1. establishing something so firmly that it becomes very difficult to change or remove
Usage: present participle of entrench
2. digging trenches or defensive positions
Usage: military context; present participle of entrench

Examples

• The new policy is entrenching inequality in the education system.
• Years of tradition are entrenching these practices in the community.
• The soldiers were entrenching themselves along the hillside.
• Bad habits are entrenching themselves in his daily routine.
• The company is entrenching its position in the market.
• Political corruption is entrenching itself in the government.
• The troops spent the night entrenching their defensive positions.