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Meanings of spear-point in inglés

portugués
ponta da lança
catalán
punta de llança

The head and sharpened point of a spear.

ponta da lança
Synonyms
Examples for "spearhead"
Examples for "spearhead"
1
The carriers, then as now the spearhead of American power, intimidated Beijing.
Reuters
2
Bran saw the spearhead spin as the lance left the rider's hand.
Hood
3
He was colossal and fallible; a spearhead and enforcer in equal measure.
The Guardian
4
Whatever it was, Julius Root would be needed to spearhead the counterattack.
Artemis Fowl: the Arctic incident
5
Plus he is the spearhead of the attack, whereas Morkel was not.
The South African
1
The army was the spearpoint of Prussia; the rest was merely the haft.
Winning a Cause: World War Stories
2
People were trying to peep inside, but the soldiers shoved them back at spearpoint.
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
3
Gendry shoved a spearpoint through the back of his neck.
A feast for crows
4
The spearpoint of aggression has been blunted in Viet-Nam.
State of the Union Addresses
5
They were the spearpoint of the New South.
Anthill: a novel
Usage of spear-point in inglés
1
It was the spear-point of his logic in his debates with Douglas.
Our American Holidays: Lincoln's Birthday / A Comprehensive View...
2
Two things of thine I had: thy life and thy spear-point.
The World's Desire
3
The Jaghut reached out and lowered the spear-point with her hand.
Assail
4
And hath he not come hither, the spear-point in his helm?
The World's Desire
5
He showed her his treasures, all the contents of the bag, except the spear-point.
Darkness and Dawn
6
He soon returned with the scalps of two of the enemy dangling from his spear-point.
The Great Salt Lake Trail
7
At length he answered, courteously, but always his eyes wandered back to the broken spear-point.
The World's Desire
8
There it was, high upon a spear-point, dripping, ghastly.
The Ward of King Canute: A Romance of the Danish Conquest
9
Harald thought of the spear-point in his belt.
Viking Tales
10
A thick spear-point swung down to discourage me.
Siege of heaven
11
But not a single word did he ever say to Beatrice concerning it or the flint spear-point.
Darkness and Dawn
12
Varronius strode out to face the leopard, and the lithe beast did not wait to feel the spear-point.
Caesar Dies
13
Then he examined his fatal spear-point.
A Man and a Woman
14
The English power there remained "like a spear-point embedded in a living body," inflaming all around it.
The Leading Facts of English History
15
The spear-point verticals were solidly welded to the horizontal rails; instead of clattering from my impact, the fence briefly thrummed.
Fear nothing
16
It only needed a spear-point to burst the jerry-built dam and let the flood through....
Mr. Standfast
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Translations for spear-point
portugués
ponta da lança
Spear-point through the time