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weapons of mass destruction

NOUN
military weapons
Synonyms


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Cheney saw that the threat ran beyond Afghanistan and al Qaeda, that terrorists planned more attacks on America, and they might involve weapons of mass destruction.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2025

And while not a member of NATO, Israel coordinates with the security bloc through a process called the Mediterranean Dialogue, which includes work against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2025

Other Americans have advocated for strong bureaucracies to monitor potentially apocalyptic activities like testing weapons of mass destruction as far back as Adlai Stevenson's 1956 presidential campaign.

From Salon • Sep. 6, 2024

Some scholars have, however, voiced concern about whether using weapons of mass destruction to signpost humankind’s transformation of the planet would send the wrong kind of message about our time.

From New York Times • Mar. 5, 2024

The thought of making weapons of mass destruction had never occurred to him.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin




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