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encampment
[ en-kamp-muhnt ]
noun
- an act or instance of encamping; lodgment in a camp.
- the place or quarters occupied in camping; camp.
encampment
/ ɪˈæ賾əԳ /
noun
- the act of setting up a camp
- the place where a camp, esp a military camp, is set up
Word History and Origins
Origin of encampment1
Example Sentences
In May, Occidental’s Board of Trustees agreed to consider divestment and the encampment came down, but the board subsequently voted against divestment.
The trailers attracted squatters who converted the lot into a makeshift homeless encampment.
Survivors described waking to the "sound of screaming and panic" after a "powerful" explosion hit the encampment.
The violin was recovered in an encampment near West 31st Street and Main Street, not far from USC.
The two students have a history of pro-Palestinan activism on campus, with the University of Birmingham previously taking legal action against Ms Ali and others over encampments last summer.
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