Antonyms for spearhead

Grammar : Verb

Spell : speer-hed

Phonetic Transcription : ˈspɪərˌhɛd

Definition of spearhead

Origin : c.1400, from spear (n.1) + head (n.). Figurative sense of "leading element" (of an attack, movement, etc.) is attested from 1893; the verb in this sense is recorded from 1938. Related: Spearheaded; spearheading.

verb lead, start

Example sentences :

At length the spearhead was ready for the finishing touches.
Extract from : « The Later Cave-Men » by Katharine Elizabeth Dopp

And every movement of the bison had driven the spearhead deeper.
Extract from : « The Later Cave-Men » by Katharine Elizabeth Dopp

While Chipper worked at a spearhead, the other men were moving about.
Extract from : « The Later Cave-Men » by Katharine Elizabeth Dopp

Fig. 201 represents a spearhead of iron from Brandenburg, North Germany.
Extract from : « The Swastika » by Thomas Wilson

Here the soil was firm, and the spearhead had to be forced home.
Extract from : « Captured at Tripoli » by Percy F. Westerman

A spearhead grazed his scalp, and smashed a tile behind him.
Extract from : « Dragon's blood » by Henry Milner Rideout

A shaft that had been procured some days previously was fished out from its hiding-place, and fitted to the spearhead.
Extract from : « Sea-Dogs All! » by Tom Bevan

Stan's ship formed the spearhead of a sharp V. O'Malley refused to keep still.
Extract from : « A Yankee Flier with the R.A.F. » by Rutherford G. Montgomery

On each rope, six feet from the spearhead, is a fathom mark made by tying on a rag or cord.
Extract from : « Boy Scouts Handbook » by Boy Scouts of America

The gifts may range from two death blankets, worth 16 pesos, to a spearhead worth 0.20 peso.
Extract from : « Ifugao Law » by R. F. Burton

Synonyms for spearhead

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