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U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Weapons of Mass Destruction

    Weapons that are capable of a high order of destruction and/or of being used to destroy large numbers of people. It includes NUCLEAR WEAPONS, and biological, chemical, and radiation weapons.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

  1. weapons of mass destruction

    Chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear weapons capable of a high order of destruction or causing mass casualties and exclude the means of transporting or propelling the weapon where such means is a separable and divisible part from the weapon. Also called WMD. See also special operations.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of weapons of mass destruction in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of weapons of mass destruction in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of weapons of mass destruction in a Sentence

  1. Abdullah Faaruuq:

    ISIS was not created by Islamic teachings, it was created by the United States ’ encouragement into other people’s countries seeking weapons of mass destruction that don’t exist, and destroying their societies and leaving the bitter taste in young people’s mouths.

  2. Walter Jonesa:

    I did not do what I should have done to read and find out whether Bush was telling us the truth about Saddambeing responsible for 9/11 and having weapons of mass destruction, because I did not do my job then, I helped kill 4,000 Americans, and I will go to my grave regretting that.

  3. Donald Trump:

    The war in Iraq was a big, fat mistake, they (the Bush administration) lied. They said there were weapons of mass destruction. There were none.

  4. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie:

    But I don't think you can honestly say that if we knew then that there was no (weapons of mass destruction), that the country should have gone to war.

  5. Cedric Richmond:

    That's something I would not rule out. These are weapons of mass destruction.

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