weapon of mass destruction

noun phrase

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

Examples of weapon of mass destruction in a Sentence

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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

Among them were charges of conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction against persons and property, resulting in death. —Emily Blackwood, People.com, 15 Apr. 2025

The destruction of Starkiller Base While the Resistance fighters lead an attack on Starkiller Base, the First Order's planet-sized weapon of mass destruction, Finn leads Han and Chewie inside the station to destroy it from within. —Nick Romano, EW.com, 25 May 2025

Rhymes for weapon of mass destruction

• abduction
• adduction
• conduction
• construction
• deduction
• eduction
• induction
• instruction
• obstruction
• production
• reduction
• seduction