SPEARHEAD

Spearhead

Spearhead is a British television drama series. Produced by Southern Television and broadcast on the ITV network, it ran for a total of three series and 19 episodes from 1978 to 1981. It featured the daily lives of a group of soldiers in 'B' Company, 1st Battalion Royal Wessex Rangers, a fictional British Army infantry regiment. The series is regarded as an accurate depiction of life at that time for soldiers in the army.

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spearhead

Noun

  1. The pointed head, or end, of a spear.
  2. One who leads or initiates an activity (such as an attack or a campaign).
  3. The leading military unit in an attack.
  4. A player who initiates attacking moves

Verb

  1. To drive or campaign ardently for, as an effort, project, etc.
    He spearheaded the entire project from day one.


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