weapons of mass destruction

plural noun

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

weapons of mass destruction

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

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

And while not a member of NATO, Israel coordinates with the security bloc through a process called the Mediterranean Dialogue, which includes work against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

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In 2003 Britain joined the US in a highly controversial military campaign against Iraq in a quest to rid it of its supposed arsenal of "weapons of mass destruction".

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The George W Bush administration justified its 2003 invasion by warnings of dire threats to the US from Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, citing intelligence findings that ultimately proved to be unfounded.

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Chilcot criticised the emergence of an "ingrained belief" within senior levels of the UK policy community over the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

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

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