multifront

adjective

mul·​ti·​front ˌməl-tē-ˈfrənt 

-ˌtī-

: having more than one zone of conflict between armies : fought on multiple fronts (see front entry 1 sense 2a(3))

a multifront war/battle/conflict

broadly : involving or directed at multiple zones or areas of activity or effort

His office has also led a multifront campaign to expand the authority of the executive branch …

—Ryan Lizza

Examples of multifront in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Within an hour, Epic opened a multifront war against Apple that appeared months in the making. —Erin Griffith, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2020

Multifront War Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has warned that Iran is waging a multifront war of attrition against Israel. —Saud Abu Ramadan, Bloomberg.com, 20 Apr. 2023

That case, though, involved a single state law, and experts have cautioned that fighting the assorted statutes now would mean a multifront battle with potentially uneven results. —New York Times, 9 June 2021

The bill that Blanquer was discussing in the French Senate that day represented a multifront political maneuver—a classic example of triangulation by Macron, a centrist who founded a new political party and has been trying to draw votes from the right. —Rachel Donadio, The Atlantic, 22 Nov. 2021

The sanctions on individuals are just one part of a multifront effort to hit Moscow economically after Mr. Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. —Nick Kostov, WSJ, 3 Mar. 2022

His more pressing concern now is his multifront legal jeopardy, particularly the inquiry into his handling of classified materials at Mar-a-Lago. —Matt Flegenheimer, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2022

Amazon is left facing a multifront battle with the U.S. government—with few allies. —Dana Mattioli, WSJ, 10 Mar. 2022

To create maximum impact, legislators and state executives must recognize that this is a multifront war. —William A. Jacobson, National Review, 30 Aug. 2021

Word History

First Known Use

1940, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for multifront

• battlefront
• oceanfront
• riverfront
• waterfront
• affront
• confront
• exeunt
• forefront
• lakefront
• manhunt
• sederunt
• blunt