weapon of mass destruction
Example Sentences
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He will urge swift action to harness those benefits before the technology "becomes a weapon of mass destruction of jobs".
From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026
There is something inherently queasy about a big-screen spectacle dramatizing the creation — justified or not — of a weapon of mass destruction.
From Washington Times • Jul. 19, 2023
When Mr. Croft was convicted this August of kidnapping conspiracy and conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction, Ms. Whitmer released a statement calling for “a hard look at the status of our politics.”
From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2022
The Department of Homeland Security defines a weapon of mass destruction as "a nuclear, radiological, chemical, biological, or other device that is intended to harm a large number of people."
From Salon • Nov. 4, 2022
Many wrestled with regret over having used the laws of physics, which they revered, to devise a weapon of mass destruction.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
