conventional weapon
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of conventional weapon
First recorded in 1950–55
Example Sentences
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“I took any conventional weapon that we had off the prop truck and locked it in the safe,” Reeder recalled.
From New York Times ● Nov. 25, 2023
“They have no plan to replace it with either a nuclear or conventional weapon and readily admit that they are assuming risk in this space,” the aide said.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 4, 2022
Nevertheless, Hersey’s unsparing journalism, Blume argues, made impossible any further discussion of the bomb as a conventional weapon, and his understated, matter-of-fact presentation of horrific facts facilitated the implementation of deterrence, which has been successful.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 4, 2020
In April, North Korea tested a new weapon, which it called a “tactical guided weapon,” and which is thought to have been a more conventional weapon.
From Slate ● May 4, 2019
When the so-called Mother of All Bombs was first tested, in 2003, the largest conventional weapon in the United States arsenal set off a mushroom cloud visible for twenty miles.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 14, 2017
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