Meaning of INROAD
| Pronunciation: | | 'in`rowd
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- [n] an encroachment or intrusion; "they made inroads in the United States market"
- [n] an invasion or hostile attack
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| | See Also: | | encroachment, intrusion, invasion, trespass, usurpation, violation | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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}.
\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.
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