make inroad or invasion
1invasion — invasion, incursion, raid, inroad are comparable when meaning an entrance effected by force or strategy. Invasion basically implies entrance upon another s territory with such hostile intentions as conquest, plunder, or use as a basis of… …
2trespass — I. v. n. 1. Encroach, infringe, intrude, make inroad or invasion, trench, enter unlawfully. 2. Transgress, offend, sin, commit an offence. II. n. 1. Injury, infringement, encroachment, invasion. 2. Transgression, crime, fault, sin, misdeed,… …
3encroach — v. n. 1. Trespass, intrude, infringe, trench, make inroad, make invasion. 2. Creep, advance stealthily, overtake unawares …
4ingress — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Act of entering Nouns 1. ingress; entrance, entry, entrée, introgression; influx; intrusion, inroad, incursion, invasion, irruption; penetration, interpenetration; import, infiltration; access, admission …
5attack — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I n. assault, attack; seizure (See disease). v. t. assail, assault, attack; affect, influence. Ant., defense. II Violent assault Nouns 1. (human attack) attack; assault, assault and battery; onset,… …
6Iran, ancient — Introduction also known as Persia historic region of southwestern Asia that is only roughly coterminous with modern Iran. The term Persia was used for centuries, chiefly in the West, to designate those regions where Persian language and… …
7Second Battle of El Alamein — Part of Western Desert Campaign …
8Africa — • This name, which is of Phoenician origin, was at first given by the Romans to the territory about the city of Carthage Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Africa Africa …
9Hasidic Judaism — Hasidic Jews praying in the synagogue on Yom Kippur, by Maurycy Gottlieb Part of a se …
10raid — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. attack, invasion, onset, incursion; foray. See stealing. v. t. attack, invade; pounce upon. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A predatory attack] Syn. invasion, assault, forced entrance, sortie, sweep,… …
