nuclear warhead

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   the warhead of a missile designed to deliver an atom bomb

   Synonymsatomic warheadthermonuclear warheadnuke

   Broaderwarhead

   Part ofnuclear weapon

Questions about nuclear warhead

What does nuclear warhead mean?

nuclear warhead means "the warhead of a missile designed to deliver an atom bomb".

What is another word for nuclear warhead?

Close synonyms include atomic warhead, thermonuclear warhead, nuke. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nuclear warhead a common word?

nuclear warhead is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.