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Tomahawk

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See also: tomahawk

English

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Noun

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Tomahawk (plural Tomahawks)

  1. (military) The BGM-109 Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM), a long-range, all-weather, subsonic cruise missile with stubby wings, which can be launched from a ship or submarine.
    • 2022, Robert J Haddick, Fire on the Water: China, America, and the Future of the Pacific, second edition, Naval Institute Press, →ISBN, page 69:
      U.S. Navy surface ships launching Tomahawks against Chinese targets would thus have to approach within China's antiship-missile perimeter to bring their missiles in range (more on this in chapter 4).

Proper noun

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Tomahawk

  1. A place name:
    1. A rural locality in Dorset council area, north-east Tasmania, Australia.
    2. A hamlet in Parkland County, Alberta, Canada.
    3. A number of places in the United States:
      1. A township in Searcy County, Arkansas.
      2. An unincorporated community in Martin County, Kentucky.
      3. An unincorporated community in Berkeley County, West Virginia.
      4. A city in Lincoln County, Wisconsin.
      5. A town in Lincoln County, Wisconsin, adjacent to the city.

German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English tomahawk, that from an Eastern Algonquian word.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtɔ.ma.haːk/, /ˈtɔ.ma.hoːk/
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Noun

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Tomahawk m (strong, genitive Tomahawks, plural Tomahawks)

  1. tomahawk
    Synonym: Kriegsbeil

Declension

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Further reading

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  • Tomahawk” in Duden online
  • Tomahawk” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache