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[ wawr-hed ] / ˈwɔrˌhɛd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR warhead ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe forward section of a self-propelled missile, bomb, torpedo, or the like, containing the explosive, chemical, or atomic charge. Origin of warheadFirst recorded in 1895–1900; war1 + head Words nearby warheadwarfarin sodium, Warfield, war footing, war game, war hawk, warhead, Warhol, Warhol, Andy, war-horse, warily, wariness Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for warheadAs the missile closes on its target the warhead explodes before the missile strikes the airplane. MH17 Is the World’s First Open-Source Air Crash Investigation|Clive Irving|July 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST In this way the missile does not need pinpoint accuracy: widely spread supersonic shrapnel from the warhead is deadly. MH17 Is the World’s First Open-Source Air Crash Investigation|Clive Irving|July 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST Those teams would try to dispose of the stocks of chemical agent before they were poured into a warhead or artillery shell. Obama’s Plan B for Securing Assad’s Chemical Weapons|Eli Lake|September 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST “Many of my South Korean colleagues argue they can put a warhead on a missile and may have done so already,” Bennett says. How Scared Should You Be About North Korea?|Eli Lake|April 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST
That about a kilo is at issue in Moldova makes talk of a warhead far off, but it is hardly harmless. A New Nuclear Scare Rocks Eastern Europe|Owen Matthews, Anna Nemtsova|June 30, 2011|DAILY BEAST There was no reason to suppose that the warhead had been temperature-controlled during the pre-launch countdown. Pushbutton War|Joseph P. Martino He decided that the most likely event was that the warhead was hidden by one of the other fragments. Pushbutton War|Joseph P. Martino "Going to be close but we'll make it," Crag said, thinking of the warhead. First on the Moon|Jeff Sutton If Gotch's figures were right the warhead would strike in four minutes. First on the Moon|Jeff Sutton To a radar set on the ground near the target, each fragment was indistinguishable from the nose cone carrying the warhead. Pushbutton War|Joseph P. Martino
British Dictionary definitions for warhead
nounthe part of the fore end of a missile or projectile that contains explosives Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to warheadheat shield, heat barrier, thermal barrier |