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Meanings of spearhead in English
Portuguese
ponta da lança Catalan
punta de llança Synonyms
Examples for "spear-point"
Examples for "spear-point"
1
It was the spear-point of his logic in his debates with Douglas.
2
Two things of thine I had: thy life and thy spear-point.
3
The Jaghut reached out and lowered the spear-point with her hand.
4
And hath he not come hither, the spear-point in his helm?
5
He showed her his treasures, all the contents of the bag, except the spear-point.
1
The army was the spearpoint of Prussia; the rest was merely the haft.
2
People were trying to peep inside, but the soldiers shoved them back at spearpoint.
3
Gendry shoved a spearpoint through the back of his neck.
4
The spearpoint of aggression has been blunted in Viet-Nam.
5
They were the spearpoint of the New South.
Usage of spearhead in English
1
The carriers, then as now the spearhead of American power, intimidated Beijing.
2
Bran saw the spearhead spin as the lance left the rider's hand.
3
He was colossal and fallible; a spearhead and enforcer in equal measure.
4
Whatever it was, Julius Root would be needed to spearhead the counterattack.
5
Plus he is the spearhead of the attack, whereas Morkel was not.
6
He forced his grip to loosen on the length of Dragon-carved spearhead.
7
They also lost spearhead Bonnie Toogood to a knee injury before quarter-time.
8
He would replace John Mitchell, who'd resigned to spearhead Nixon's reelection campaign.
9
The police began a spearhead push into the middle of the street.
10
One mistake, one overzealous stroke, would render it useless as a spearhead.
11
The spearhead glitters in our headlights, seemingly aimed right in my face.
12
He envisioned a foundation for children's cancer that would spearhead the effort.
13
Moreover, mechanistically-based, hypothesis-driven treatment strategies are now emerging to hopefully spearhead future therapy.
14
British forces would almost certainly take part in the spearhead group.
15
Having the federal government spearhead infrastructure investment would break the logjam.
16
It will have a spearhead unit able to operate anywhere at short notice.
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Spearhead through the time
Spearhead across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Less common
United Kingdom
Less common