weapon of mass destruction

Etymology
First attested in 1937 in referring to bombing campaigns during the.

Noun



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

Synonyms

 * WMD

Translations

 * Albanian: arma e shkatërrimit në masë
 * Arabic: سِلَاح دَمَار شَامِل
 * Armenian: զանգվածային ոչնչացման զենք
 * Azerbaijani: kütləvi qırğın silahı
 * Basque: suntsipen handiko arma
 * Belarusian: збро́я ма́савага знішчэ́ння
 * Bengali: গণবিধ্বংসী অস্ত্র, গণবিধ্বংসী মারণাস্ত্র
 * Bulgarian: оръ́жие за ма́сово поразя́ване
 * Catalan:
 * Chechen:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 大規模殺傷性武器
 * Mandarin:
 * Chuvash: массӑллӑ пӗтерекен хӗҫпӑшал
 * Czech: zbraň hromadného ničení
 * Danish: masseødelæggelsesvåben
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: amasdetrua armilo
 * Estonian: massihävitusrelv
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician: arma de destrución masiva
 * Georgian: მასობრივი განადგურების იარაღი
 * German:
 * Greek: όπλο μαζικής καταστροφής
 * Hebrew: נשק בלתי קונבנציונלי
 * Hindi: सामूहिक विनाश के हथियार, सामूहिक विनाश का अस्त्र, जनविनाशकारी आयुध
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian: senjata pemusnah massal
 * Italian: arma di distruzione di massa
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: жаппай жою қаруы, жаппай қырып-жоятын қару
 * Korean: 대량살상무기(大量殺傷武器), 대량파괴무기(大量破壞武器), 대량살륙무기(大量殺戮武器)
 * Latvian: masu iznīcināšanas ierocis
 * Lithuanian: masinio naikinimo ginklas
 * Macedonian: оружје за масовно уништување
 * Malay: senjata pemusnah besar-besaran
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: masseøydeleggingsvåpen
 * Persian: سلاح کشتارجمعی
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: armă de distrugere în masă
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: оружје за масовно уништење
 * Roman: oružje za masovno uništenje
 * Slovak: zbraň hromadného ničenia
 * Slovene: orožje za množično uničevanje
 * Spanish: arma de destrucción masiva
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: sandata ng malawakang pagkawasak
 * Tamil: பேரழிவு ஆயுதம்
 * Thai: อาวุธอานุภาพทำลายล้างสูง
 * Turkish: kitle imha silahları
 * Ukrainian: збро́я ма́сового ура́ження, збро́я ма́сового зни́щення
 * Urdu: انبوہ تباہی ہتھیار
 * Vietnamese: vũ khí huỷ diệt hàng loạt (武器毀滅刷行)
 * Welsh: arf dinistr torfol
 * Yiddish: מאָסן פֿאַרניכטונג וואָפֿן