Warhead

Definition: Warhead

Warhead

Noun

1. The part of a missile or torpedo that carries the explosive charge.

Specialty Definitions: Warhead

Domain	Definitions
Aerospace	Originally the part of a missile carrying the explosive, chemical, or other charge intended to damage the enemy. By extension, the term is sometimes used as synonymous with payload or nose cone . (references)
Military & Defense	That 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. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Warhead

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

A warhead is an explosive device used in military conflicts, used to destroy enemy vehicles or buildings.

Typically, a warhead is delivered by a missile, rocket, or torpedo. It consists of the explosive material, and a detonator.

The types of warhead are:

Explosive - An explosive charge is used to disintegrate the target, and damage surrounding areas with a shockwave.
Chemical - A toxic chemical, such as nerve gas is dispersed, which is designed to injure or kill human beings.
Biological - An infectious agent, such as Anthrax is dispersed, which is designed to sicken and kill humans.

The types of explosive are:

Chemical - Chemicals such as gunpowder store significant energy within their molecular bonds. This energy can be released quickly by a trigger, such as an electric spark. Thermobaric weapons are something of a special case.
Nuclear - See Nuclear weapon.

Often, a biological or chemical warhead will use an explosive charge for rapid dispersal.

The types of detonators are:

Contact - When the warhead makes physical contact with the target, the explosive is detonated.
Proximity - Using radio waves, sound waves, a magnetic sensor, or Radar, the warhead is detonated when the target is within a specified distance.

Synonyms: Warhead

Synonyms: load (n), payload (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Warhead

English words defined with "warhead": atomic warhead ♦ missile ♦ nuclear warhead, nuke ♦ thermonuclear warhead. (references)

Specialty definitions using "warhead": time on target. (references)

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Modern Usage: Warhead

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	It went straight for the warhead, and they think it's cute! (The Abyss; writing credit: James Cameron.)
Movie/TV Titles	Warhead (1974)
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Commercial Usage: Warhead

Domain	Title
Books	Cat's Cradle: Warhead (The New Doctor Who Adventures) (reference) Nuclear Weapons Databook: U.S. Nuclear Warhead Production (reference) Physics of Direct Hit and Near Miss Warhead Technology (Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics, 194) (reference) Russian Soviet Nuclear Warhead Production (Working Paper 93-1) (reference) U.S. Nuclear Warhead Facility Profiles (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Warhead (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
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Photo Album: Warhead

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	After recovery by U.S. forces at Ulithi Atoll in 1945. This is the after half of the "Kaiten". The forward portion, including warhead, forward oxygen & fuel tanks and the crew compartment, is missing, and may have been destroyed in an explosion of the warhead.Credit: NAVY.
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Usage Frequency: Warhead

"Warhead" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Warhead" is used about 58 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	58	44,427

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Warhead

Expressions using "warhead": atomic warhead ♦ missile warhead ♦ nuclear warhead ♦ single warhead ♦ thermonuclear warhead ♦ warhead section. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "warhead": multi-warhead.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Warhead

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
warhead	26
nuclear warhead	12
filed free test warhead	11
randall warhead	9
candy warhead	4
advanced charge shaped warhead	3
nuclear picture warhead	3
charge shaped technical trend warhead	2
2001 warhead	2
biological bomb picture warhead	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Warhead

Language		Translations for "warhead"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		mbush rakete, kokë rakete. (various references)

Arabic		‏رأس القذيفة, ‏رأس الطربيد, ‏رأس الصاروخ. (various references)

Bulgarian		торпила (torpedo), зарядна глава на ракета, бойна глава на ракета. (various references)

Chinese		弹头. (various references)

Danish		sprængladning, krigsladning. (various references)

Dutch		verzwaarde springkop (increased-weight warhead), meervoudige afzonderlijk richtbare kernkop (multiple independently-targetable nuclear warhead). (various references)

Farsi		کلاهک (Bonnet, Cap, Cupule, Lid), قسمتی ازموشک که حاوی موادمنفجره است . (various references)

Finnish		ydinkärki (nuclear warhead). (various references)

French		tête explosive, tête, ogive, charge militaire. (various references)

German		Sprengkopf. (various references)

Greek		έμπροσθεν μέροσ βλήματοσ με εκρυκτικήν ύλην. (various references)

Hebrew		ראש טיל. (various references)

Hungarian		robbanófej (torpedo head, war head). (various references)

Italian		testata (adjustable stop, butt, gable, head, headboard, header, heading, outer control lever, position stop, running head, stop). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		弾� � . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		� �"とう (mild winter). (various references)

Korean		탄두. (various references)

Pig Latin		arheadway

Portuguese		ogiva (cumulative frequency polygon, dart, groin, nose cone, ogive, Ogle, torpedo, torpedo flue former). (various references)

Russian		головная часть, боевая головка. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		bojeva glava. (various references)

Spanish		cabeza armada. (various references)

Swedish		stridsspets, stridsladdning. (various references)

Turkish		savaş başlığı. (various references)

Ukranian		бойова головка. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Warhead

Derivations
	Words beginning with "warhead": warheads. (additional references)
	Words ending with "warhead": multiwarhead. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Warhead" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: wahaya, wahida, warea, Wearhead. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Warhead"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "warhead" (pronounced wô"rhe'd)
4	-r h e' d	Airhead, spearhead.
3	-h e' d	arrowhead, beachhead, bridgehead, bulkhead, bullhead, copperhead, Deadhead, dragonhead, drumhead, egghead, figurehead, flathead, Godhead, hardhead, letterhead, Loggerhead, masthead, redhead, skinhead, steelhead, thickhead, trailhead, wellhead, Whitehead.
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Anagrams: Warhead

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-h-r-w"
	-2 letters: aahed, ahead, award, aware, dewar, hared, hawed, heard, wader, wared.
	-3 letters: area, awed, dare, dear, draw, drew, haar, hade, haed, hard, hare, head, hear, herd, read, rhea, wade, ward, ware, wear.
	-4 letters: aah, aha, are, awa, awe, dah, daw, dew, ear, edh, era, had, hae, haw, her, hew, rad, rah, raw, red, wad.
	-5 letters: aa.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-d-e-h-r-w"
	+1 letter: hardware, warheads.
	+2 letters: arrowhead, drawshave, earthward, hardwares, headwater.
	+3 letters: arrowheads, drawshaves, earthwards, headwaiter, headwaters, heavenward, rainwashed.
	+4 letters: brainwashed, headwaiters, heavenwards, warmhearted, weakhearted.
	+5 letters: multiwarhead, weatherboard, withdrawable.
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