Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun weapon_of_mass_destruction

1 sense of weapon of mass destruction

Sense 1
weapon of mass destruction, WMD, W.M.D. -- (a weapon that kills or injures civilian as well as military personnel (nuclear and chemical and biological weapons))
       => weapon, arm, weapon system -- (any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting; "he was licensed to carry a weapon")