Synonyms for encampment
ɛnˈkæmp mənten·camp·ment

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1. campsite, campground, camping site, camping ground, bivouac, encampment, camping areanoun

   a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent

   Synonyms:
   camping ground, camping area, bivouacking, campground, camping, camping site, cantonment, campsite, bivouac, camp, tenting

2. camp, encampment, cantonment, bivouacnoun

   temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers

   "wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling"

   Synonyms:
   campground, refugee camp, coterie, pack, bivouacking, camping ground, ingroup, camping site, summer camp, tenting, cantonment, bivouac, clique, inner circle, camp, campsite, camping area, camping

3. camping, encampment, bivouacking, tentingnoun

   the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp

   Synonyms:
   camping ground, camping area, bivouacking, campground, camping, camping site, cantonment, campsite, bivouac, camp, tenting

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1. • Military
   • Military Quarters
   • Site

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1. encampmentnoun

   Synonyms:
   camp

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1. List of paraphrases for "encampment":

   campsite, camp

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1. Ray Bramson:

   It was a change in approach, historically we'd come in and clean the site and people would come back and repopulate it. We realized that we needed to deal with the underlying issue creating the encampment, which is homelessness.

2. Broward County Mayor Mark Bogen:

   This is a humanitarian crisis. We will do everything possible to help these people, if The President will not provide us with financial assistance to house and feed these people, The President will be creating a homeless encampment.

3. Mary Beth Brown:

   As soon as I saw the encampment my immediate thought was, 'This is like shantytown,' they both went to the board of curators and won.

4. Lorena González:

   Nobody wants an encampment anywhere in the city, i am not, as mayor, going to forcibly remove people out of one public space and shift the issue to another public space.

5. Lynda Hopkins:

   We're legally mandated to provide alternatives to every single resident along Joe Rodota Trail before we move forward with clearing the encampment, we really need to get an encampment opened in a place that is actually appropriate for it.