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   inroad

   /ˈɪnrəʊd/

   noun

   • 1. an instance of something being encroached on or reduced by something else: "the firm is beginning to make inroads into the UK market"
   • 2. a hostile attack; a raid: "the inroads and cross-border raiding of the Grahams"

   Word Origin mid 16th century (in inroad (sense 2 of the noun)): from in + road (from an early use in the sense ‘riding’).

   Scrabble Points: 7

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