Found 3 items, similar to inroad.
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Definition: inroad
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: inroad
inroad
n 1: an encroachment or intrusion;
“they made inroads in the
United States market”
2: an invasion or hostile attack
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Inroad
Inroad
\In*road"\ ([i^]n*r[=o]d"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Inroaded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Inroading.]
To make an inroad into; to invade. [Obs.]
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The Saracens . . . conquered Spain, inroaded Aquitaine.
--Fuller.
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Inroad
\In"road`\ ([i^]n"r[=o]d`), n.
The entrance of an enemy into a country with purposes of
hostility; a sudden or desultory incursion or invasion; raid;
encroachment.
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The loss of Shrewsbury exposed all North Wales to the
daily inroads of the enemy. --Clarendon.
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With perpetual inroads to alarm,
Though inaccessible, his fatal throne. --Milton.
Syn: Invasion; incursion; irruption. See
Invasion.
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