spearhead
Use Spearhead in a sentence
noun
2.
any person, contingent, or force that leads an attack, undertaking, etc.
verb (used with object)
3.
to act as a spearhead for: She spearheaded the drive for new members.
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| —n | |
| 1. | the pointed head of a spear |
| 2. | the leading force in a military attack |
| 3. | any person or thing that leads or initiates an attack, a campaign, etc |
| —vb | |
| 4. | (tr) to lead or initiate (an attack, a campaign, etc) |
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Example sentences
Our only interest should be to help supplement democracy in the area, not spearhead it.
Emerging as the spearhead of global industrial progress is the fiber-optic technology called wavelength division multiplexing.
The pike shall be surmounted by a spearhead and the length of the pike shall be nine feet, not including the spearhead.
The company recently hired a senior cable-television executive to spearhead the effort.
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