Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The explosive head of a locomotive torpedo.
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Examples
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A war-head touched steel plating and there ensued a world-wracking explosion of atomic iron.
Triplanetary 1927
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Finally, he laid his hand flat on the altar; the executioner unbent his bow and the arrow drooped from the painted haft and dangled there, its hammered iron war-head glinting in the firelight.
The Hidden Children 1899
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Great Peace breaks like a rotten arrow where the war-head drops and the feathers fall from the unbound nock.
The Reckoning 1899
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Obviously one doesn't dismantle every war-head, until a water-tight agreement, that is verifiable is reached.
Propeller Most Popular Stories Mikunited 2010
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Obviously one doesn't dismantle every war-head, until a water-tight agreement, that is verifiable is reached.
Propeller Most Popular Stories Mikunited 2010
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Obviously one doesn't dismantle every war-head, until a water-tight agreement, that is verifiable is reached.
Propeller Most Popular Stories Mikunited 2010
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Obviously one doesn't dismantle every war-head, until a water-tight agreement, that is verifiable is reached.
Propeller Most Popular Stories Mikunited 2010
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Obviously one doesn't dismantle every war-head, until a water-tight agreement, that is verifiable is reached.
Propeller Most Popular Stories Mikunited 2010
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Obviously one doesn't dismantle every war-head, until a water-tight agreement, that is verifiable is reached.
Propeller Most Popular Stories Mikunited 2010
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Obviously one doesn't dismantle every war-head, until a water-tight agreement, that is verifiable is reached.
Propeller Most Popular Stories Mikunited 2010
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