wmd

Other forms of wmd

plural

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Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about wmd

What does wmd mean?

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

How many syllables are in wmd?

wmd has 1 syllable: wmd.

What is another word for wmd?

Close synonyms include weapon of mass destruction, 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 wmd a common word?

wmd is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.