CHISEL (IN) Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

chisel (in)

verb

Definition of chisel (in)

as in to trespass

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Those who visit the site are trespassing, and Rafford said the owner cites safety concerns.

— Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 22 Oct. 2026
Israel wages war on childhood because a Palestinian child at play is already trespassing upon the future Israel has reserved for itself.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of trespass

Verb

Lavrov has traveled only infrequently to NATO member states since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022 and severe sanctions were imposed on Moscow.

— Matthew Lee, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
What makes this duty the more urgent is the fact, that the country so overrun is not our own, but ours is the invading army.

— René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of invade

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The buzzer sounded and Banchero encroached on Johnson’s space before Dyson Daniels and Onyeka Okongwu tried to break them apart.

— Lauren Williams, AJC.com, 23 Oct. 2026
In general, California property owners can trim branches and roots that encroach onto their land.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of encroach

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Infringing on human rights Monitoring how governments comply with the cybercrime convention is critical to ensuring that governments do not infringe on human rights.

— Mary Lind, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2026
Cantelmo said the moratorium is not intended to be applied in a way that would infringe on any student's right to exercise freedom of religion, speech or peaceful assembly.

— Jared Ochacher, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of infringe

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State voter rolls The Elias Law Group moved to intervene in all of the DOJ’s voter data acquisition lawsuits filed against noncomplying states that refused to turn over their unredacted voter rolls.

— Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 2 Nov. 2026
The ability to intervene with braking is especially significant.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of intervene

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