WMD

WMD

abbreviation for

(Military) weapon(s) of mass destruction

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

WMD - a weapon that kills or injures civilian as well as military personnel (nuclear and chemical and biological weapons) W.M.D., weapon of mass destruction bioarm, biological weapon, bioweapon - any weapon usable in biological warfare; "they feared use of the smallpox virus as a bioweapon" chemical weapon - chemical substances that can be delivered using munitions and dispersal devices to cause death or severe harm to people and animals and plants atomic weapon, nuclear weapon - a weapon of mass destruction whose explosive power derives from a nuclear reaction weapon, weapon system, arm - any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting; "he was licensed to carry a weapon" armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" high explosive - a powerful chemical explosive that produces gas at a very high rate

Translations

WMD [ˌdʌb^əljuːɛmˈdiː] npl abbr (=weapons of mass destruction) → ADM fpl

WMD (Mil) abbr of weapons of mass destruction → Massenvernichtungswaffen pl