noun
a weapon that kills or injures civilian as well as military personnel (nuclear and chemical and biological weapons)
• Topics: ↑military, ↑armed forces, ↑armed services, ↑military machine, ↑war machine
• Hypernyms: ↑weapon, ↑arm, ↑weapon system
• Hyponyms:
↑bioweapon, ↑biological weapon, ↑bioarm, ↑chemical weapon, ↑nuclear weapon, ↑atomic weapon, ↑high explosive
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a weapon such as a nuclear weapon, a ↑chemical weapon or a ↑biological weapon that can cause a lot of destruction and kill many people
Useful english dictionary. 2012.