Inroad /(ĭn"rōd`)/

1. 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.

   With perpetual inroads to alarm, Though inaccessible, his fatal throne.

imp. & p. p. Inroaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Inroading

1. To make an inroad into; to invade. [Obs.]

   The Saracens . . . conquered Spain, inroaded Aquitaine.