NUCLEAR WARHEAD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nuclear warhead mean? 

• NUCLEAR WARHEAD (noun)
  The noun NUCLEAR WARHEAD has 1 sense:

1. the warhead of a missile designed to deliver an atom bomb

  Familiarity information: NUCLEAR WARHEAD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NUCLEAR WARHEAD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The warhead of a missile designed to deliver an atom bomb

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

atomic warhead; nuclear warhead; nuke; thermonuclear warhead

Hypernyms ("nuclear warhead" is a kind of...):

load; payload; warhead (the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents)

Holonyms ("nuclear warhead" is a part of...):

atomic weapon; nuclear weapon (a weapon of mass destruction whose explosive power derives from a nuclear reaction)