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Inroad

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Noun

1. inroad

an encroachment or intrusion

Example Sentences:
'they made inroads in the United States market'

2. inroad

an invasion or hostile attack

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Inroad

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noun
1. 
an invasion or hostile attack; raid or incursion
2. 
an encroachment or intrusion

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Inroad

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noun
1. 
a sudden invasion or raid
2. 
any advance; esp., an intrusion or encroachment
usually used in pl.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Inroad

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n.
1. An advance, especially at another's expense; an encroachment: "She had made few inroads in convincing the committee to explore the issue without prejudice" (Mary V. Dearborn).
2. A reduction or diminishment, especially by encroachment: "The inroads on free time made by television and computers have also badly affected the vitality of civil society" (Kenneth Minogue).
3. A hostile invasion; a raid.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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