Inroad
Pronunciation : In"road`
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : In*road"
Part of Speech : v.t
Definition : Defn: To make an inroad into; to invade. [Obs.] The Saracens . . . conquered Spain, inroaded Aquitaine. Fuller.
[imp. & p. p. Inroaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Inroading.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913