warhead

noun

war·​head ˈwȯr-ˌhed 

: the section of a missile containing the explosive, chemical, or incendiary charge

Examples of warhead in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Those employees work on reassembling warheads, one of the most sensitive jobs across the nuclear weapons enterprise, with the highest levels of clearance. —CBS News, 17 Feb. 2025

This comes after a drone armed with a warhead struck the outer shell of Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear plant on early Friday morning, the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said. —Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 15 Feb. 2025

Chernobyl drone strike Hours before Vance and Zelenskyy were set to meet, a Russian drone with a high-explosive warhead hit the protective confinement shell of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Kyiv region, the Ukrainian president said. —Aamer Madhani, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025

By comparison, the United States and Russia each has more than 5,000 nuclear warheads. —David Pierson, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1898, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for warhead

• abed
• ahead
• beachhead
• bedspread
• bedstead
• behead
• blackhead
• blockhead
• bloodshed
• bowhead
• breastfed
• bridgehead

Kids Definition

warhead

noun

war·​head ˈwȯ(ə)r-ˌhed 

: the section of a missile containing the charge