spearheaded

American  

[speer-hed-id] / ˈspɪərˌhɛd ɪd /

adjective

1. 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.

2. 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.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of spearhead.

Etymology

Origin of spearheaded

First recorded in 1800–10; spearhead ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. ) for the adjective senses; spearhead ( def. ) + -ed ¹ ( def. ) for the verb sense

Example Sentences

He has spearheaded efforts to plant trees, clean up oceans, rivers and beaches, pay for strangers’ cataract surgeries and prosthetic limbs and has donated millions to charities such as Make-A-Wish and food banks.

From The Wall Street Journal

With support from the coalition, the SDF spearheaded the offensive that led to IS's territorial defeat in Syria in 2019, but the jihadists still maintain a presence, particularly in the country's vast desert.

From Barron's

Soon after the city decided not to intervene, another group decided to try and shut the clinic down - this one spearheaded by Texas pastor Mark Lee Dickson.

From BBC

In 2021, Philip Cohen, a sociology professor at the University of Maryland, spearheaded an open letter to the Pew Research Center, urging it to stop promoting the use of generational labels.

From Salon

Hagerty ended up focusing heavily on the logistics around debris removal, helping the city coordinate with the federal Army Corps of Engineers, which spearheaded the cleanup.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• initiate
• launch
• prompt
• spur