'Inroad' definitions:
Definition of 'inroad'
From: WordNet
noun
An encroachment or intrusion; "they made inroads in the United States market"
noun
An invasion or hostile attack
Definition of 'Inroad'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Inroad'
From: GCIDE
- Inroad \In"road`\ ([i^]n"r[=o]d`), n. The entrance of an enemy into a country with purposes of hostility; a sudden or desultory incursion or invasion; raid; encroachment. [1913 Webster]
- The loss of Shrewsbury exposed all North Wales to the daily inroads of the enemy. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster]
- With perpetual inroads to alarm, Though inaccessible, his fatal throne. --Milton.
- Syn: Invasion; incursion; irruption. See Invasion. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'inroad'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- advances,
- air attack,
- air raid,
- air strike,
- attack,
- bankruptcy,
- boarding,
- breakage,
- breakdown,
- breakthrough,
- collapse,
- crack-up,
- crippling,
- damage,
- destruction,
- detriment,
- dilapidation,
- disablement,
- disrepair,
- encroachment,
- entrance,
- entrenchment,
- escalade,
- fire raid,
- foray,
- harm,
- hobbling,
- hurt,
- hurting,
- impairment,
- impingement,
- imposition,
- incapacitation,
- incursion,
- infiltration,
- influx,
- infraction,
- infringement,
- injection,
- injury,
- insinuation,
- interference,
- interjection,
- interloping,
- interposition,
- interposure,
- interruption,
- intervention,
- intrusion,
- invasion,
- irruption,
- loss,
- maiming,
- mayhem,
- mischief,
- mutilation,
- obtrusion,
- overrun,
- overstepping,
- overswarm,
- penetration,
- progress,
- raid,
- razzia,
- ruination,
- ruinousness,
- sabotage,
- saturation raid,
- scaling,
- scathe,
- shuttle raid,
- sickening,
- spoiling,
- transgression,
- trespass,
- trespassing,
- unlawful entry,
- usurpation,
- weakening