mass destruction

Frequency: 8.230.5 per million words

Often used in the context of weapons (WMD), causing widespread death and destruction.

destructionADJECTIVE + NOUN

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mass

Examples (10)

  • The international community fears the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
  • United Nations inspectors were searching for evidence of weapons of mass destruction.
  • A global treaty was signed to ban the development and use of these tools of mass destruction.
  • The sheer scale of the potential mass destruction from a nuclear exchange is unimaginable.
  • He warned that cyberattacks could become a new form of mass destruction.
  • The primary goal of the sanctions was to halt the country's program for weapons of mass destruction.
  • The Cold War was defined by the threat of mutual mass destruction.
  • Preventing rogue states from acquiring weapons of mass destruction is a top security priority.
  • The film depicted a post-apocalyptic world ravaged by an act of mass destruction.
  • International law condemns the use of weapons of mass destruction.