warhead
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- noun
- /ˈwɔrˌhɛd/
- Specialized
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- The missile was equipped with a powerful nuclear warhead designed to target enemy bunkers.
- a nuclear warhead
- a missile warhead
- a chemical warhead
It's literally just going to take out the warhead, ideally with force.
- It's literally just going to take out the warhead, ideally with force.
- So instead everybody's focused on, on destroying the missile carrying the warheads as it launches.
- And it was a massive mother lode of warheads.
- I would be in favor of banning fast Flyers that have multiple warheads.
- Well, I'm not sure about that because we don't know that much about the effects of detonating hydrogen warheads to melt the polar ice caps.
- That was what most people saw as big fireballs in the sky and misunderstood as intercepts of of Scud warheads.
- It counts napalm and the cost of a nuclear warhead and armored cars for police who fight riots in the streets.
Examples
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That's a nuclear warhead.
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That looks like an old-fashioned thermonuclear warhead.
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And blue steel is also a warhead made in the Cold War.
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It's one thing to have a warhead; it's quite another thing to have the missiles to launch it.
Fiction book (1997) -
Ten years ago today, a nuclear warhead was detonated in Los Angeles.
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This is where the warheads are in fact stored.
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Proceed with activation of the warhead on number one missile.
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Each one carries a 5,000 kiloton warhead.
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Missiles without nuclear warheads are not that menacing; they are more of a psychological weapon.
Academic text (1993) -
Men, we're currently tracking approximately 2400 inbound Soviet warheads.
Synonyms
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The part of a missile that carries explosives or a warhead
Compounds
- Specialized
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A bomb put on a missile that uses nuclear energy to make a very large explosion
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Etymology
Warhead comes from war + head, where head means 'front' or 'top'. So a warhead is the front part of a missile or rocket that carries the explosive 'charge' used in war.