warhead
noun
war·head
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Definition of warhead
: the section of a missile containing the explosive, chemical, or incendiary charge
Examples of warhead in a Sentence
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Pakistan has 140 to 150 nuclear warheads, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. — WSJ, "Corrections & Amplifications," 7 Mar. 2019 While numbers have fallen over several decades, the United States and Russia have just under 7,000 warheads each, the largest collections in the world. — Abigail Higgins, Vox, "10 ways the world is most likely to end, explained by scientists," 18 Oct. 2018 An Air Force pilot matches wits with a renegade colleague who is threatening to detonate a pair of nuclear warheads. — Los Angeles Times, "Here are the feature and TV films airing the week of Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019," 11 Aug. 2019 Nuclear war was the bogeyman of the era, and the second and third Sputnik launches proved that the USSR could put payloads equal to one (or more) warheads in space. — Jamie Turner, cleveland.com, "11 things you might not know about Apollo 11 and the Space Race: Apollo 11 at 50," 17 July 2019 Secret recording devices are revealed, a Russian number station is constantly picked up on the radio, and nuclear warhead torpedoes are fired. — oregonlive.com, "‘Our Ruined House’ mixes surrealism, humor to explore erosion of trust," 1 July 2019 In the senate, Lugar was chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee and led a bipartisan effort to dismantle more than 7,600 nuclear warheads, millions of chemical munitions and thousands of missiles. — Vic Ryckaert, Indianapolis Star, "Richard Lugar could get Navy warship named in his honor," 14 May 2019 Kim’s arsenal of 30 to 60 nuclear warheads remains and more fissile material is being produced daily. — Trudy Rubin, The Mercury News, "Rubin: Trump’s meeting with Kim Jong Un isn’t producing results," 8 July 2019 The vast majority of U.S. nuclear warheads are stationed in the continental U.S. and are capable of targeting North Korea. — Jonathan Cheng, WSJ, "The U.S. May Have to Rethink Its Approach to North Korea," 22 Jan. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'warhead.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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warhead
noun
English Language Learners Definition of warhead
: the part of a missile that contains the explosive
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