warhead
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warhead
Where it comes from
From war + head, originally to distinguish a live war head of a torpedo from an inert exercise head. Piecewise doublet of war chief.
noun 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 war
- The glans penis.
- A cigarette where the tobacco is mixed with some other drug.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: payload, load, bomb, nuke, kiloton, megaton, warplane, warship, bullet, heads, icbm, military, shoulder, head, decapitation, capital
Translations
Every language
noun part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition
| Español | ojiva |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 탄두 tandu |
| 日本語 | 弾頭 dantō |
| 中文 | 彈頭 /弹头 dàntóu, 戰鬥部 /战斗部 zhàndòubù |
| हिन्दी | ध्वंसशीर्ष dhvansśīrṣ |
| Português | ogiva |
| Français | ogive |
| Deutsch | Sprengkopf, Gefechtskopf |
| Italiano | testata |
| Ελληνικά | εκρητική κεφαλή ekritikí kefalí |
| Română | focoasă, ogivă |
| Русский | боеголо́вка bojegolóvka |
| Tiếng Việt | đầu đạn |
| العربية | رَأْس حَرْبِيّ raʔs ḥarbiyy |
| עברית | רֹאשׁ קְרָב rosh krav |
Talk about this word "warhead." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/warhead. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. warhead. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/warhead "warhead." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/warhead.Cite this
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title = {warhead},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/warhead},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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