weapon of mass destruction

noun phrase

: a weapon that can destroy entire buildings, cities, etc.

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Doute’s behavior on Vanderpump Rules — from sleeping with her best friend’s boyfriend (Jax) while Drive played in the background to punching James Kennedy at Scheana’s wedding — was so explosive that the United Nations should have stepped in to classify her as a weapon of mass destruction. Tom Smyth, Vulture, 16 July 2025 And the worst weapon of mass destruction of them all is nuclear. Nbc News, NBC news, 22 June 2025 While there has been no use of this type of weapon of mass destruction against another country since the war, two nuclear rivals in South Asia—India and Pakistan—exchanged large-scale fire last month, while other nuclear-armed countries continue to modernize their arsenals. Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025 Fox was convicted in 2022 and sentenced to 16 years in prison on two conspiracy charges relating to the kidnapping scheme and another to obtain and use a weapon of mass destruction related to a side plot to blow up a bridge in order to distract authorities. Alex Gangitano, The Hill, 28 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for weapon of mass destruction

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“Weapon of mass destruction.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weapon%20of%20mass%20destruction. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.

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