WMD

abbreviation

weapon/weapons of mass destruction: a weapon or weapons that can cause great destruction, loss of life, or injury: nuclear WMDs.

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Words nearby WMD

Wloclawek, w. long., WLTM, WM, WMC, WMD, wmk., WML, WMO, wnl, WNW

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Example sentences from the Web for WMD

The AP story used in the Hitler-Bush assignment is titled, “Bush: Iraq War Justified Despite No WMD,” which ran in October 2003.
D.C. Public Schools Hides Teacher Who Told Students to Compare Bush to Hitler|Asawin Suebsaeng|September 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When word apparently reached Amazon that its merchandise had been used to make a WMD, the items were suddenly no longer available.
Pennsylvania Student Proves You Could Buy Ingredients for a WMD on Amazon|Michael Daly|January 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A Pennsylvania college student was busted for building a WMD with ingredients he told police he bought on Amazon.
Pennsylvania Student Proves You Could Buy Ingredients for a WMD on Amazon|Michael Daly|January 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Another question is whether Amazon stocks other items that could be used to make a WMD.
Pennsylvania Student Proves You Could Buy Ingredients for a WMD on Amazon|Michael Daly|January 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Pennsylvania defines a WMD as “a biological agent, bomb, chemical agent or nuclear agent.”
Pennsylvania Student Proves You Could Buy Ingredients for a WMD on Amazon|Michael Daly|January 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
WMD can easily complicate our ability to influence positive and constructive behavior of possessors.
Shock and Awe|Harlan K. Ullman

British Dictionary definitions for WMD

WMD

abbreviation for

weapon(s) of mass destruction

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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