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May 25, 2012
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re•trench•ment



Pronunciation: (ri-trench'munt), [key]
—n.
1. the act of retrenching; a cutting down or off, as by the reduction of expenses.
2. Fort.an interior work that cuts off a part of a fortification from the rest, and to which a garrison may retreat.

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