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Weapon of mass destruction Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -tion

Weapon of mass destruction has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a weapon that kills or injures civilian as well as military personnel (nuclear and chemical and biological weapons)

2

Any human-made weapon causing indiscriminate large-scale death or destruction, especially a biological weapon, chemical weapon, nuclear weapon or radiological weapon.

Broader Terms (hypernyms)
weapon
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
bioweapon chemical weapon nuclear weapon high explosive
Rhyming Words
ion aion tion zion pion sion gion bion fion lion dion cion rion orion obion axion deion trion diion arion
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