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Spearhead Common

Spearhead has 6 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

someone who leads or initiates an activity (attack or campaign etc.)

2

the leading military unit in an attack

3

the head and sharpened point of a spear

4

The pointed head, or end, of a spear.

Verb
1

be the leader of

"She spearheaded the effort to find a cure for the disease"

2

To drive or campaign ardently for, as an effort, project, etc.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
leader military unit point head
Rhyming Words
yead read lead mead pead head bead sead dead glead tread oread aread ahead knead blead dread stead plead snead
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