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inroad
[ in-rohd ]
noun
- a damaging or serious encroachment:
inroads on our savings.
- a sudden hostile or predatory incursion; raid; foray.
inroad
/ ˈɪnˌrəʊd /
noun
- an invasion or hostile attack; raid or incursion
- an encroachment or intrusion
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Peter looked at the pile of correspondence upon which Sogrange's inroad, indeed, seemed to have had but little effect.
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But should the Long Island Indians prevail, an inroad upon the main would bring them dangerously near to the new towns.
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During the reign of 'the boy king' the Aztecs made an inroad, aided by the Tecos and other unruly tribes.
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The latter was soon felt by the Romans in many a hostile inroad.
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This was called the Whiggamors inroad; and ever after, all that opposed the court came in contempt to be called Whigs.
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