Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 70 encroachment 49 intrude 47 eroding 46 creeping 43 intrusion 41 retreating 41 invading 41 venturing 40 trampling 40 straying 39 depleting 39 land 39 sprawl 39 shrinking 39 intrusions 38 diminishing 38 erosion 38 disappearing 38 shifting 38 interfering 38 infiltrating 37 harming 37 intensifying 37 infringing 37 mushrooming 37 ceding 36 dwindling 36 treading 36 descended 36 occupying 36 waging war 36 wreaking havoc 36 veering 36 destroying 36 bulldozed 36 protecting 36 trespass 36 vanishing 35 seeping 35 bordering 35 lands 35 waging 35 ruining 35 fringes 34 overrun 34 incursions 34 migrating 34 invaders 34 sprouting 34 moving 34 entrenched 34 slipping 34 invade 34 imperiled 33 tract 33 flourishing 33 evolving 33 protected 33 gobbling 33 blurring 33 onslaught 33 undermining 33 circling 33 meddling 33 descending 33 converging 33 escalating 33 trespassing 33 advancing 33 expanding 33 descend 33 usurped 32 pushing 32 ravages 32 diverting 32 overgrown 32 entering 32 reclaiming 32 imposing 32 environmental degradation 32 incursion 32 territorial 32 exploitation 32 saturated 32 bordered 32 adjacent 32 turf 32 spreading 32 adjoining 32 invaded 32 inhabited 32 forested 32 preserving 32 preserve 32 desolate 32 fiercely 32 subdivisions 32 colonized 32 retaliating 32 eroded 32 adapting