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English
Etymology
First attested in 1937 in referring to bombing campaigns during the Spanish Civil War .
Noun
weapon of mass destruction (plural weapons of mass destruction )
Symbols for radiological , biological and chemical , respectively
Any human-made weapon causing indiscriminate large-scale death or destruction , especially a biological weapon , chemical weapon , nuclear weapon or radiological weapon .
Synonyms
Translations
weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
Albanian: arma e shkatërrimit në masë f ( definite )
Arabic: سِلَاح دَمَار شَامِل m ( silāḥ damār šāmil )
Armenian: զանգվածային ոչնչացման զենք ( zangvacayin očʻnčʻacʻman zenkʻ )
Azerbaijani: kütləvi qırğın silahı
Basque: suntsipen handiko arma
Belarusian: збро́я ма́савага знішчэ́ння f ( zbrója másavaha zniščénnja )
Bengali: গণবিধ্বংসী অস্ত্র ( gonobiddhoṅśi ostro ) , গণবিধ্বংসী মারণাস্ত্র ( gonobiddhoṅśi maronastro )
Bulgarian: оръ́жие за ма́сово поразя́ване n ( orǎ́žie za másovo porazjávane )
Catalan: arma de destrucció massiva (ca) f
Chechen: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Cantonese: 大規模殺傷性武器 / 大规模杀伤性武器 ( daai6 kwai1 mou4 saat3 soeng1 sing3 mou5 hei3 )
Mandarin: 大規模殺傷性武器 / 大规模杀伤性武器 (zh) ( dàguīmó shāshāngxìng wǔqì )
Chuvash: массӑллӑ пӗтерекен хӗҫпӑшал ( massăllă p̬ĕt̬erek̬en h̬ĕśpăš̬al )
Czech: zbraň hromadného ničení f
Danish: masseødelæggelsesvåben n
Dutch: massavernietigingswapen (nl) n
Esperanto: amasdetrua armilo
Estonian: massihävitusrelv
Finnish: joukkotuhoase (fi)
French: arme de destruction massive (fr) f , ADM (fr) f
Galician: arma de destrución masiva
Georgian: მასობრივი განადგურების იარაღი ( masobrivi ganadgurebis iaraɣi )
German: Massenvernichtungswaffe (de) f
Greek: όπλο μαζικής καταστροφής ( óplo mazikís katastrofís )
Hebrew: נשק בלתי קונבנציונלי m
Hindi: सामूहिक विनाश के हथियार m ( sāmūhik vināś ke hathiyār ) , सामूहिक विनाश का अस्त्र m ( sāmūhik vināś kā astra ) , जनविनाशकारी आयुध m ( janvināśkārī āyudh )
Hungarian: tömegpusztító fegyver (hu)
Icelandic: gjöreyðingarvopn (is) n
Indonesian: senjata pemusnah massal
Italian: arma di distruzione di massa f
Japanese: 大量破壊兵器 (ja) ( たいりょうはかいへいき, tairyō hakai heiki )
Kazakh: жаппай жою қаруы ( jappai joü qaruy ) , жаппай қырып-жоятын қару ( jappai qyryp-joätyn qaru )
Korean: 대량살상무기(大量殺傷武器) ( daeryangsalsangmugi ) , 대량파괴무기(大量破壞武器) ( daeryangpagoemugi ) , 대량살륙무기(大量殺戮武器) ( daeryangsallyungmugi ) ( North Korean )
Latvian: masu iznīcināšanas ierocis m
Lithuanian: masinio naikinimo ginklas m
Macedonian: оружје за масовно уништување n ( oružje za masovno uništuvanje )
Malay: senjata pemusnah besar-besaran
Norwegian:
Bokmål: masseøydeleggingsvåpen n
Persian: سلاح کشتارجمعی ( selâh-e koštâr-jam'i )
Polish: broń masowego rażenia (pl) f , broń masowej zagłady (pl) f
Portuguese: arma de destruição em massa (pt) f , arma de destruição maciça (pt) f
Romanian: armă de distrugere în masă f
Russian: ору́жие ма́ссового уничтоже́ния (ru) n ( orúžije mássovovo uničtožénija ) , ору́жие ма́ссового пораже́ния (ru) n ( orúžije mássovovo poražénija )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: оружје за масовно уништење n
Roman: oružje za masovno uništenje n
Slovak: zbraň hromadného ničenia f
Slovene: orožje za množično uničevanje n
Spanish: arma de destrucción masiva f
Swedish: massförstörelsevapen (sv) n
Tagalog: sandata ng malawakang pagkawasak
Tamil: பேரழிவு ஆயுதம் ( pēraḻivu āyutam )
Thai: อาวุธอานุภาพทำลายล้างสูง
Turkish: kitle imha silahları
Ukrainian: збро́я ма́сового ура́ження f ( zbrója másovoho urážennja ) , збро́я ма́сового зни́щення f ( zbrója másovoho znýščennja )
Urdu: انبوہ تباہی ہتھیار
Vietnamese: vũ khí huỷ diệt hàng loạt (武器 毀滅 刷 行 )
Welsh: arf dinistr torfol m or f
Yiddish: מאָסן פֿאַרניכטונג וואָפֿן m ( mosn farnikhtung vofn )
See also
See also