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Definition of Inroad
1. Noun. An encroachment or intrusion. "They made inroads in the United States market"
2. Noun. An invasion or hostile attack.
Definition of Inroad
1. n. The entrance of an enemy into a country with purposes of hostility; a sudden or desultory incursion or invasion; raid; encroachment.
2. v. t. To make an inroad into; to invade.
Definition of Inroad
1. Noun. an advance into enemy territory, an incursion, an attempted invasion ¹
2. Noun. (context: usually plural) progress made toward accomplishing a goal or solving a problem ¹
3. Verb. (obsolete transitive) To make an inroad into; to invade. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Inroad
1. a hostile invasion [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inroad
Literary usage of Inroad
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Thomas Carlyle by Thomas Carlyle, Henry Duff Traill (1898)
"Rumour of an inroad on Berlin suddenly sets Friedrich on March thither: inroad
takes Effect,—ivith important Results, chiefly in a left-hand Form October ..."
2. History of Friedrich II, of Prussia: Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1900)
"Rumour of an inroad on Berlin suddenly sets Friedrich on March thither: inroad
takes Effect,—with important Results, chiefly ma left-hand Form October llth, ..."
3. History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1865)
"Rumour of an inroad on Berlin suddenly sets Friedrich on March ... inroad takes
Effect, — with important Results, chie/hj in a left-hand Form. ..."
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