multipronged

adjective mul·ti·pronged \ -ˈprȯŋd \

|Updated on: 16 Jun 2018

Definition of multipronged

1 : having several distinct aspects or elements

a multipronged attack

2 : having several prongs

Recent Examples of multipronged from the Web

The multipronged attack Sunday — toward cities in southwestern Saudi Arabia, near the border with Yemen, as well as Riyadh — represented a sharp escalation of the Houthi campaign.

— Washington Post, "Yemen’s Houthi rebels launch ballistic missile attack on Saudi Arabia, killing one," 25 Mar. 2018
Filed last month, the lawsuit, one of the first to arise from the Time’s Up fund, is part of a multipronged approach.

— michael corkery, New York Times, "Low-Paid Women Get Hollywood Money to File Harassment Suits," 22 May 2018
The nation's intelligence chiefs warned earlier this year that Russia remains interested in disrupting US elections after a multipronged effort to interfere two years ago.

— christina a. cassidy, The Christian Science Monitor, "With primaries approaching, states push for election security reviews," 8 May 2018
The nation's intelligence chiefs warned earlier this year that Russia remains interested in disrupting U.S. elections after a multipronged effort to interfere in 2016.

— the washington post, cleveland.com, "Oliver North slated to become president of the NRA," 7 May 2018
So the Tigers went to a multipronged approach to putting the ball in the net.

— edward lee, baltimoresun.com, "Nine different scorers propel Towson men’s lacrosse to 17-9 victory over Drexel," 7 Apr. 2018
Not only were both rulings narrow and technical, the Supreme Court also created a convoluted, multipronged test to decide Contract Clause cases.

— james w. ely jr. and, WSJ, "The Supreme Court’s Chance to Rebuild a ‘Constitutional Bulwark’," 18 Mar. 2018
At a news conference in U.N. Plaza, which for years has been a backdrop the city’s homelessness and open-air drug use problems, Leno laid out a multipronged approach that begins with keeping at-risk people housed.

— dominic fracassa, San Francisco Chronicle, "SF mayoral candidate Mark Leno has plan to end homeless problem by 2020," 16 Mar. 2018
Twitter's position is dramatically different from that of Facebook, which has embarked on a multipronged effort to crack down on fake news.

— the washington post, OregonLive.com, "Twitter executive on fake news: 'We are not the arbiters of truth'," 8 Feb. 2018

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