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multipronged

[ muhl-ti-prawngd, -prongd ]

adjective

  1. having or composed of several prongs:

    a multipronged electric plug.

  2. of, relating to, or made by several separate forces or elements or from several directions or points of view:

    a multipronged assault on the enemy.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of multipronged1

First recorded in 1955–60; multi- + prong + -ed 3

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Example Sentences

But then King stops, tilts his multipronged coif, and says, "Hey, Harold, you all right, man?"

His strategy for taking on the owners was a thing of beauty, a resilient, multipronged attack that would have made Sun Tzu proud.

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