payload
15
6.9
- noun
- /ˈpeɪloʊd/
- Specialized
:
carga bélica
- Or planning missiles that can carry a nuclear payload or EMP to the US.
- rocket payload
- nuclear payload
- carry a payload
Let's not forget rockets do what rockets do that they can carry payloads that can be weapons.
- Let's not forget rockets do what rockets do that they can carry payloads that can be weapons.
- Here, natural products such as pitch oil, resin and animal fat proved ideal for the creation of incendiary payloads.
Examples
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Moments before, the bomber's crew jettisoned their nuclear payload.
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Filled to capacity with nuclear payload.
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And drop a nuclear payload on any north american city they choose.
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When we went to the moon, most of our payload was consumed with keeping, getting in there and keeping those folks alive.
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But whoever gets to the target first... will deliver the payload.
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Nerve gas and biological payload.
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The payload will wipe out Midtown.
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Accuracy with a 20-megaton nuclear payload never seemed an issue before.
Blog text (20) -
Its deadly payload is racing for the Fuji Maru.
Fiction book (1998) -
The missile's payload was designed to detonate upon impact, delivering maximum damage.
Synonyms
225
6.8
The front part of a missile or rocket that holds the explosive used to destroy a target
How Destructive
- Specialized
1
7.4
- Specialized
225
6.8
- Specialized
15
6.9
- Specialized
60
7.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Payload uses the same idea of pay + load, meaning the valuable load someone carries. So in weapons a payload is the part of a missile or rocket that carries the explosive or warhead.