weapons of mass destruction

plural noun

1. nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons that can cause indiscriminate death or injury on a large scale WMD

weapons of mass destruction

1. Weapons that can produce devastating results when delivered in a single strike. They include nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons.

Notes

One of the great challenges of the twenty-first century will be to constrain the proliferation and use of such weapons, especially by terrorists ( see terrorism ).

Example Sentences

Investor Warren Buffett famously labeled derivatives as “financial weapons of mass destruction.”

From Salon

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

And on whether the failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq also eroded public trust in democracy, Mr Blair argues that none of the public inquiries into the Iraq War ever found deception.

From BBC

The justice department said it was indicting six Hamas members with charges including the murder of US citizens, conspiracy to finance terrorism and use of weapons of mass destruction.

From BBC

The ruling moved authority to judges and away from agency experts, he said, even those in highly technical fields who provide oversight on weapons of mass destruction, cybersecurity and biohazards.

From Los Angeles Times