WMD

Weapons of Mass Destruction

TRANSLATION

Massenvernichtungswaffen

STATISTICS

IN THE PRESS

"The new joint council allows Russia to participate in NATO activities involving counterterrorism, missile defense, WMD proliferation and crisis management, according to the New York Times."

(David Sanger, New York Times, May 29, 2002)

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Although you won't find WMD in your dictionary, recent political developments have made the abbreviation very popular in the US/UK media and press. We can expect to see it used more frequently as we talk about the unthinkable.

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