weapon of mass destruction

1. 1.

   a weapon that kills or injures civilian as well as military personnel (nuclear and chemical and biological weapons)

   SynonymsWMDW.M.D.

   Broaderweapon

   Narrowerbioweaponchemical weaponnuclear weaponhigh explosive

   military

Questions about weapon of mass destruction

What does weapon of mass destruction mean?

weapon of mass destruction means "a weapon that kills or injures civilian as well as military personnel (nuclear and chemical and biological weapons)".

What is another word for weapon of mass destruction?

Close synonyms include WMD, W.M.D.. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is weapon of mass destruction a common word?

weapon of mass destruction is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.