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warheads

warheads is the plural of warhead.

Meaning of warhead

Noun

warhead (plural warheads)

  1. 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
  2. (slang) The glans penis.
  3. (slang) A cigarette where the tobacco is mixed with some other drug.

Phrases with warheads

Questions about warheads

What is warheads the plural of?
Warheads is the plural of warhead.

Words near warheads in the dictionary

  1. warhammers
  2. Warharmi
  3. warhawk
  4. warhead
  5. warheaded
  6. warheads
  7. warhero
  8. warhol
  9. Warhol-esque
  10. Warhola
  11. Warholas

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