Spearhead and Yield

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Spearhead verb - To serve as leader of.

Usage example: unofficially at least, Martin Luther King spearheaded the civil rights movement

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Yield is an antonym for spearhead.

Nearby Words: spear, spearheaded, spearheading

Yield verb - To give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit).

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Spearhead is an antonym for yield.

Nearby Words: yielding, yielded

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