I think we have made an inroad today.
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Inroad
/ˈɪnɹəʊd/
Synonyms for "inroad" (100 found)
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Noun(3 words)
advancesaggressionair attackair raidair strikeattackbankruptcyboardboardingbreakagebreakdownbreakthroughcollapsecrack upcrack-upcripplingdamage
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destructiondetrimentdilapidationdisablementdisrepairencroachmententranceentrenchmentescaladefire raidforayharmhobblinghurthurtingimpairmentimpingementimpositionincapacitationincursion
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injectioninjuryinsinuationinterferenceinterjectioninterlopinginterpositioninterposureinterruptioninterventionintrusioninundateinvadeinvasionirruptionlossmaimingmayhemmischiefmutilation
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obtrusionoverrunoversteppingoverswarmoverwhelmpenetrationprogressraidrazziaruinationruinousnesssabotagesaturation raidscalescalingscatheshuttle raidsickeningspoilingstormtake by stormtransgressiontrespasstrespassingunlawful entryusurpationweakening
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[…] That ſince that time he [Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus] was become the ſubject of King Henry [VIII] of England, his Majeſty's [James V of Scotland's] greateſt enemy; and was now the cauſe of all the Inroads made by the English into Scotland: […]
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[A] child knowing the heate of fire, will as readely iudge of the perrill, as the wiſeſt Senatour, of the inroad of a borderer, or the politick captaine, of the vnequall encoũter with his enimy, […]
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Whence is it that ſo many corrupt Opinions have made ſuch an Inroad on Proteſtant Religion, and the Profeſſion of it? Is it not from hence, that many have loſt an Experience of the power and efficacy of the Truth, and ſo have parted with it?
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