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weapon of mass disruption

weapon of mass disruption noun: a weapon used to create large-scale disruption instead of destruction.

Noun

weapon of mass disruption (plural weapons of mass disruption)

  1. A weapon used to create large-scale disruption instead of destruction.
    • When terrorists use computer technology as a weapon of mass disruption, their goal is to undermine a civilian populace's faith in stability and reliability of essential infrastructure components such as mass transit, power supplies, communications, financial institutions, and health care services.2009, Susan W. Brenner, Cyberthreats: The Emerging Fault Lines of the Nation State, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 47

Forms of weapon of mass disruption

pluralweapons of mass disruption

Questions about weapon of mass disruption

What does weapon of mass disruption mean?
Weapon of mass disruption means a weapon used to create large-scale disruption instead of destruction.
What part of speech is weapon of mass disruption?
Weapon of mass disruption is a noun.
What is the plural of weapon of mass disruption?
The plural of weapon of mass disruption is weapons of mass disruption.

Words near weapon of mass disruption in the dictionary

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  2. weapon
  3. weapon oath
  4. weapon oaths
  5. weapon of mass destruction
  6. weapon of mass disruption
  7. weapon-salve
  8. weapon-salves
  9. weapon-schaw
  10. weapon-schaws
  11. weaponed

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