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a sudden attack on and entrance into hostile territory
  • the army is finally making inroads into enemy territory

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“Inroad.” The Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inroad. Accessed 10 December 2019.

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