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单词 spearpoint
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spearpoint

[ speer-point ]
/ ˈspɪərˌpɔɪnt /

noun

the point at the end of a spearhead.
a spearhead.

Origin of spearpoint

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at spear1, point

Words nearby spearpoint

spearman, Spearman's rank-order coefficient, spearmint, spear phish, spear-phishing, spearpoint, Spears, spear side, spear-thrower, spearwort, spec
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Example sentences from the Web for spearpoint

  • It is, however, occasionally seen on articles of stone, as the spearpoint and stone hatchet and sacrificial knife.

    Day Symbols of the Maya Year|Cyrus Thomas
  • Mallory raised his hand to his helmet and felt the sizable dent that the spearpoint had made.

    A Knyght Ther Was|Robert F. Young
  • The army was the spearpoint of Prussia; the rest was merely the haft.

    Winning a Cause|John Gilbert Thompson and Inez Bigwood
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