warhead
warhead noun: the part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition which contains either the nuclear or thermonuclear system, high explosive system, chemical or biological agents, or inert materials intended to inflict damage.
Noun
warhead (plural warheads)
- The part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition which contains either the nuclear or thermonuclear system, high explosive system, chemical or biological agents, or inert materials intended to inflict damage.
- "To their anchorage off Kodiak," Chuck says. "The Orthos were all ready. They had put together a crew of ex-Navy men, guys who had worked on nuke subs in the past—X-rays, they call them—and they came and took the sub over. As for us, we had no idea that any of this had happened. Until one of the...1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, New York: Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 300
- "Multi Bottle Rocket". Possibly the strongest weapon around, it does a lot of damage due to its massive warhead.1995, HAL Laboratory, EarthBound, Nintendo, Super Nintendo Entertainment System
- The glans penis.
- A cigarette where the tobacco is mixed with some other drug.
warhead meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
warhead in Hindi
- part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition
- ध्वंसशीर्ष dhvansśīrṣ
warhead in Tamil
- வெடியுளை
warhead in Urdu
- part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition
- راسُ ٱلْحَرْب rāsu lharb
warhead in Bengali
- ওয়ারহেড
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- warhead in Telugu
- వార్హెడ్
- warhead in Kannada
- ಸಿಡಿತಲೆ
- warhead in Punjabi
- ਵਾਰਹੈੱਡ
- warhead in Nepali
- वारहेड
- warhead in Arabic
- رَأْس حَرْبِيّ raʔs ḥarbiyy
- warhead in Malay
- kepala peledak
- warhead in Indonesian
- hulu ledak
- warhead in Vietnamese
- đầu đạn
Forms of warhead
| plural | warheads |
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Origin of warhead
From war + head, originally to distinguish a live war head of a torpedo from an inert exercise head. Piecewise doublet of war chief.
Words formed from warhead
- hydrogen warhead
- multiwarhead
- nuclear warhead
- super warhead
- superwarhead
- warheaded
Questions about warhead
- What does warhead mean?
- Warhead means the part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition which contains either the nuclear or thermonuclear system, high explosive system, chemical or biological agents, or inert materials intended to inflict damage.
- What is warhead in Hindi?
- Warhead in Hindi is ध्वंसशीर्ष (dhvansśīrṣ). See Warhead meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is warhead?
- Warhead is a noun.
- What is the plural of warhead?
- The plural of warhead is warheads.
Words near warhead in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: warhead (page history and authors); warhead (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); warhead (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); warhead (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); warhead (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); warhead (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); warhead (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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