Hypertext Webster Gateway: "inroad"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Inroad \In*road"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inroaded}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Inroading}.]
To make an inroad into; to invade. [Obs.]
The Saracens . . . conquered Spain, inroaded Aquitaine.
--Fuller.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Inroad \In"road`\, n.
The entrance of an enemy into a country with purposes of
hostility; a sudden or desultory incursion or invasion; raid;
encroachment.
The loss of Shrewsbury exposed all North Wales to the
daily inroads of the enemy. --Clarendon.
With perpetual inroads to alarm, Though inaccessible,
his fatal throne. --Milton.
Syn: Invasion; incursion; irruption. See {Invasion}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
inroad
n 1: an encroachment or intrusion; "they made inroads in the US
market"
2: an invasion or hostile attack
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