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spearheaded

[ speer-hed-id ]
/ ˈspɪərˌhɛd ɪd /
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adjective
initiated or led (sometimes used in combination): Thanks to a recently spearheaded effort by a consortium of wineries, you can now find these fruit wines at your local wine shop.The "Solar Street" is a student-spearheaded, 18-kilowatt array of solar cells on the roofs of a row of houses.
like a spear or spearhead in sharpness or triangular shape, or in being precisely targeted or aimed: The workshop taught me a more spearheaded approach to managing tasks in my business.The warriors spread out, adopting a spearheaded formation.
verb
the simple past tense and past participle of spearhead.
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Origin of spearheaded

spearhead + -ed2 for the adjective senses; spearhead + -ed1 for the verb sense

Words nearby spearheaded

spearfish, spearfisherman, spear grass, spear gun, spearhead, spearheaded, spear-head spoon, spearing, spearman, Spearman's rank-order coefficient, spearmint
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Words related to spearheaded

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