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weapon of mass destruction

NOUN

nuclear weapon

Synonyms

STRONGEST

atomic bomb hydrogen bomb neutron bomb

WEAK

A-bomb A-weapon H-bomb MX atomic weapon doomsday machine explosive driven by nuclear energy mininuke mirv nuke strategic nuclear weapon tactical nuclear weapon theater nuclear weapon thermonuclear weapon

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He will urge swift action to harness those benefits before the technology "becomes a weapon of mass destruction of jobs".

From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026

There is something inherently queasy about a big-screen spectacle dramatizing the creation — justified or not — of a weapon of mass destruction.

From Washington Times • Jul. 19, 2023

When Mr. Croft was convicted this August of kidnapping conspiracy and conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction, Ms. Whitmer released a statement calling for “a hard look at the status of our politics.”

From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2022

"It's a little irritating calling it a weapon of mass destruction, particularly for those of us who remember 9/11 and all of the panic around that," Zagorski said.

From Salon • Nov. 4, 2022

The trustees’ discovery that they had unwittingly funded a weapon of mass destruction was not regarded in the boardroom as grounds for pride.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

weapon of mass destruction

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