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Noun spearhead has 3 senses

spearhead - someone who leads or initiates an activity (attack or campaign etc.)
--₁ is a kind of leader

Derived form: verb spearhead₁
spearhead - the leading military unit in an attack
--₂ is a kind of military unit, military force, military group, force
spearhead, spearpoint, spear-point - the head and sharpened point of a spear
--₃ is a kind of point
--₃ is a part of spear, lance, shaft; pike

Verb spearhead has 1 sense

spearhead - be the leader of; "She spearheded the effort to find a cure for the disease"
--₁ is one way to head, lead

Derived form: noun spearhead₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something