weapon of mass disruption

noun

A weapon used to create large-scale disruption instead of destruction.

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Meanings

nounweapon of mass disruption (plural weapons of mass disruption)

plural weapons of mass disruption

  1. A weapon used to create large-scale disruption instead of destruction.

    When terrorists use computer technology as a weapon of mass disruption, their goal is to undermine a civilian populace's faith in stability and reliability of essential infrastructure components such as mass transit, power supplies, communications, financial institutions, and health care services.

    2009, Susan W. Brenner, Cyberthreats: The Emerging Fault Lines of the Nation State, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 47
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