weapon of mass destruction

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First attested in 1937 in referring to bombing campaigns during the Spanish Civil War.

68 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: arma e shkatërrimit në masë — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Arabic: سِلَاح دَمَار شَامِل (silāḥ damār šāmil) — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Armenian: զանգվածային ոչնչացման զենք (zangvacayin očʻnčʻacʻman zenkʻ) — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Azerbaijani: kütləvi qırğın silahı — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Basque: suntsipen handiko arma — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Belarusian: збро́я ма́савага знішчэ́ння (zbrója másavaha zniščénnja) — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Bengali: গণবিধ্বংসী অস্ত্র (gonobiddhoṅśi ostro) — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Bengali: গণবিধ্বংসী মারণাস্ত্র (gonobiddhoṅśi maronastro) — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Bulgarian: оръ́жие за ма́сово поразя́ване (orǎ́žie za másovo porazjávane) — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Catalan: arma de destrucció massiva — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• 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) — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Chinese Mandarin: 大規模殺傷性武器 /大规模杀伤性武器 (dàguīmó shāshāngxìng wǔqì) — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Chuvash: массӑллӑ пӗтерекен хӗҫпӑшал (massăllă p̬ĕt̬erek̬en h̬ĕśpăš̬al) — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Czech: zbraň hromadného ničení — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Danish: masseødelæggelsesvåben — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Dutch: massavernietigingswapen — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Esperanto: amasdetrua armilo — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Estonian: massihävitusrelv — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Finnish: joukkotuhoase — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• French: arme de destruction massive — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• French: ADM — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Galician: arma de destrución masiva — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Georgian: მასობრივი განადგურების იარაღი (masobrivi ganadgurebis iaraɣi) — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• German: Massenvernichtungswaffe — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Greek: όπλο μαζικής καταστροφής (óplo mazikís katastrofís) — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Hebrew: נשק בלתי קונבנציונלי — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Hindi: सामूहिक विनाश के हथियार (sāmūhik vināś ke hathiyār) — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Hindi: सामूहिक विनाश का अस्त्र (sāmūhik vināś kā astra) — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Hindi: जनविनाशकारी आयुध (janvināśkārī āyudh) — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Hungarian: tömegpusztító fegyver — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Icelandic: gjöreyðingarvopn — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Indonesian: senjata pemusnah massal — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Italian: arma di distruzione di massa — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Japanese: 大量破壊兵器 (tairyō hakai heiki) — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Kazakh: жаппай жою қаруы (jappai joü qaruy) — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Kazakh: жаппай қырып-жоятын қару (jappai qyryp-joätyn qaru) — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Korean: 대량살상무기 (daeryangsalsangmugi) — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Korean: 대량파괴무기 (daeryangpagoemugi) — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Korean: 대량살륙무기 (daeryangsallyungmugi) — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Latvian: masu iznīcināšanas ierocis — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Lithuanian: masinio naikinimo ginklas — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Macedonian: оружје за масовно уништување (oružje za masovno uništuvanje) — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Malay: senjata pemusnah besar-besaran — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Norwegian Bokmål: masseøydeleggingsvåpen — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Persian: سلاح کشتارجمعی (selâh-e koštâr-jam'i) — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Polish: broń masowego rażenia — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Polish: broń masowej zagłady — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Portuguese: arma de destruição em massa — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Portuguese: arma de destruição maciça — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Romanian: armă de distrugere în masă — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Russian: ору́жие ма́ссового уничтоже́ния (orúžije mássovovo uničtožénija) — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Russian: ору́жие ма́ссового пораже́ния (orúžije mássovovo poražénija) — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Serbo-Croatian: оружје за масовно уништење — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Serbo-Croatian: oružje za masovno uništenje — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Slovak: zbraň hromadného ničenia — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Slovene: orožje za množično uničevanje — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Spanish: arma de destrucción masiva — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Swedish: massförstörelsevapen — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Tagalog: sandata ng malawakang pagkawasak — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Tamil: பேரழிவு ஆயுதம் (pēraḻivu āyutam) — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Thai: อาวุธอานุภาพทําลายล้างสูง — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Turkish: kitle imha silahları — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Ukrainian: збро́я ма́сового ура́ження (zbrója másovoho urážennja) — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Ukrainian: збро́я ма́сового зни́щення (zbrója másovoho znýščennja) — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Urdu: انبوہ تباہی ہتھیار — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Vietnamese: vũ khí huỷ diệt hàng loạt — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Welsh: arf dinistr torfol — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction
• Yiddish: מאָסן פֿאַרניכטונג וואָפֿן (mosn farnikhtung vofn) — weapon causing large-scale death or destruction