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warhead

DEFINITIONS OF: warhead

1

n the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents

Synonyms:
load, payload
Types:
atomic warhead, nuclear warhead, nuke, thermonuclear warhead
the warhead of a missile designed to deliver an atom bomb
Type of:
explosive
a chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck
Launch
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