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INROADS
Noun
inroads
plural of inroad
The beginnings of progress; penetration of a problem; initial steps.
Usage notes
• Almost always plural.
Anagrams
• Ardoins, Dorians, donairs, ordains, ranoids, sad-iron, sadiron, sardoin
Source: Wiktionary
INROAD
In"road`, n.
Definition: 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.]
Definition: To make an inroad into; to invade. [Obs.] The Saracens . . . conquered Spain, inroaded Aquitaine. Fuller.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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