multipronged

[ muhl-ti-prawngd, -prongd ]

adjective

1. having or composed of several prongs:

   a multipronged electric plug.

2. of, relating to, or made by several separate forces or elements or from several directions or points of view:

   a multipronged assault on the enemy.

Word History and Origins

Origin of multipronged¹

First recorded in 1955–60; multi- + prong + -ed ³

Example Sentences

"When you can put capital behind a person, when you can put resources behind a person, the dividends really make a difference, you can't lose. You can't lose," he said, imagining multipronged efforts of members giving financially, knocking doors and phone banking to boost candidates.

From Salon

"When you can put capital behind a person, when you can put resources behind a person, the dividends really make a difference, you can't lose. You can't lose," he said, imagining multipronged efforts of members giving financially, knocking doors and phone banking to boost candidates.

From Salon

The offer comes a month after Shari Redstone and Paramount’s other board members approved a bid from tech scion David Ellison’s Skydance Media to buy Paramount in a multipronged transaction valued at $8.4 billion.

From Los Angeles Times

This multipronged filmmaking approach, chronicling the painstaking work of a cold case while documenting what years of whispers and silence have wrought, is what gives “Sugarcane” its raw power.

From Los Angeles Times

British, French, and Jordanian air-defense crews helped Israel repel a massive, multipronged Iranian attack—consisting of more than 300 missiles and drones, including 110 ballistic missiles—shooting down almost all of the projectiles that didn’t crash along the way.

From Slate