"weapon of mass disruption" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: weapons of mass disruption [plural]
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  1. A weapon used to create large-scale disruption instead of destruction.
    Sense id: en-weapon_of_mass_disruption-en-noun-nL40EoPX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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