Inroad

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  • noun. An advance, especially at another's expense; an encroachment.
  • noun. A reduction or diminishment.
  • noun. A hostile invasion; a raid.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To make an inroad into; invade.
  • To make an inroad; encroach; depredate.
  • noun. A predatory or hostile incursion; a raid by public enemies; a temporary or desultory invasion.
  • noun. Forcible entrance; powerful or sudden influx or incursion; forcible or insidious encroachment.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The entrance of an enemy into a country with purposes of hostility; a sudden or desultory incursion or invasion; raid; encroachment.
  • transitive verb. To make an inroad into; to invade.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. an advance into enemy territory, an incursion, an attempted invasion
  • noun. progress made toward accomplishing a goal or solving a problem
  • verb. To make an inroad into; to invade.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. an encroachment or intrusion
  • noun. an invasion or hostile attack
    • Word Usage
    "Like the cyberpunks, these writers give us an 'inroad' for understanding and adapting to rapid change in technology."
    Form
    inroaded  inroading  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    encroachment  intrusion  invasion  trespass  usurpation  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    aery  apsis  chastiser  disputing  foray  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    advances  air attack  air raid  air strike  attack  
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