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Meaning of Warhead | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  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.
  2. The glans penis.
    slang

Equivalents

Azərbaycanca döyüş başlığı
Čeština hlavice
Español ojiva
Français ogive
Bahasa Indonesia hulu ledak
Italiano testata
日本語 弾頭
한국어 탄두
Nederlands springkop
Português ogiva
Română ogivă
Русский боеголовка
Svenska stridsspets
Українська боєголовка
Tiếng Việt đầu đàn

Examples

“"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 warheads showed up in the goddamn front yard."”
“"Multi Bottle Rocket". Possibly the strongest weapon around, it does a lot of damage due to its massive warhead.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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