weapon of mass destruction

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Etymology

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First attested in 1937 in referring to bombing campaigns during the Spanish Civil War.

Noun

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weapon of mass destruction (plural weapons of mass destruction)

Symbols for radiological, biological and chemical, respectively
  1. Any human-made weapon causing indiscriminate large-scale death or destruction, especially a biological weapon, chemical weapon, nuclear weapon or radiological weapon.

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  • WMD (abbreviation)

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