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superwarhead

superwarhead noun: an extremely destructive and powerful warhead.

Noun

superwarhead (plural superwarheads)

  1. (rare) An extremely destructive and powerful warhead.
    • And he said the Russians would need a "superwarhead" on their own minuteman-type weapon in order to be successful.1961, Associated Press Clippings File Europe Disorders 1961-09-01, Press Association Inc., page 2
    • A thousand times more powerful than the A-bomb that destroyed Nagasaki, this superwarhead would be capable of imposing great blast or overpressure on a very large area.1970, Ralph E. Lapp, Arms Beyond Doubt: The Tyranny of Weapons Technology, Cowles Book Company, →ISBN, page 59

Forms of superwarhead

pluralsuperwarheads
alternative formsuper warhead

Origin of superwarhead

From super- + warhead.

Questions about superwarhead

What does superwarhead mean?
Superwarhead means an extremely destructive and powerful warhead.
What part of speech is superwarhead?
Superwarhead is a noun.
What is the plural of superwarhead?
The plural of superwarhead is superwarheads.

Words near superwarhead in the dictionary

  1. supervulnerable
  2. superwaif
  3. superwaifs
  4. superwarfarin
  5. superwarfarins
  6. superwarhead
  7. superwarheads
  8. superwash
  9. superwater
  10. superwave
  11. superwavelength

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