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Warhead

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.

Equivalents

Españolojiva
Françaisogive
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Italianotestata
日本語弾頭
한국어탄두
Nederlandsspringkop
Portuguêsogiva
Românăogivă
Русскийбоеголовка
Українськабоєголовка
Tiếng Việtđầu 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 pastX-rays, they call themand 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

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