Inroad
['ɪnrəʊd]
Definition
(noun.) an encroachment or intrusion; 'they made inroads in the United States market'.
(noun.) an invasion or hostile attack.
Inputed by Fidel--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The entrance of an enemy into a country with purposes of hostility; a sudden or desultory incursion or invasion; raid; encroachment.
(v. t.) To make an inroad into; to invade.
Typist: Vern
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Irruption, forray, incursion, raid, encroachment, partial invasion.
Inputed by Annie
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Invasion, raid, incursion, dragonnade, irruption, trespass, infringement
ANT:Occupation, settlement, evacuation, retreat, sally, outbreak, excursion,egress
Typed by Ewing
Definition
n. an incursion into an enemy's country: a sudden invasion: attack: encroachment.
Typist: Stephanie
Examples
- I learnt so much from himself in an inroad I once, despite his reserve, had the daring to make on his confidence. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- His efforts to paint historical pictures rather than portraits, and his share in paying off certain debts of his father’s, had made great inroads on the money he had saved. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Many were doubly eager to quit a nook of ground now become their prison, which appeared unable to resist the inroads of ocean's giant waves. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
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