spearheaded

[ speer-hed-id ]

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.

verb

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of spearheaded¹

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

For the RNC, Uber is just one company that represents the decline of free-market capitalism, spearheaded by the Democratic Party.

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For Obama's re-election campaign, Wintour spearheaded successful soirees in New York, Paris, and England.

From The Daily Beast

The 14,000-square-foot, French chateau-style home was a five-year project spearheaded by architect Richard Landry.

From The Daily Beast

The movement was spearheaded by longtime MillerCoors shop floor technician Kelly Harris, who works at the Trenton, Ohio, brewery.

From The Daily Beast

She became the victim of an unprecedented national vendetta jointly spearheaded by the press and her political opponents.

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Related Words

• initiate
• launch
• prompt
• spur