| 单词 | WMD |
| 释义 | WMD (once / 23176 pages) n WORD FAMILY WMD: WMDS USAGE EXAMPLESWhen it became obvious that Saddam’s WMD cache did not exist, many on the right simply insisted that it did. Salon(Dec 27, 2016) Mr. Trump is right to bring up the CIA’s faulty assessment of Saddam Hussein’s WMD, but not for the reason Mr. Trump implies. Wall Street Journal(Dec 14, 2016) Together, the pursuit and concealment explained why the WMD were secretly there, even though we couldn’t find them. Slate(Dec 12, 2016) n a weapon that kills or injures civilian as well as military personnel (nuclear and chemical and biological weapons) Syn|Hypo|Hyper W.M.D., weapon of mass destruction bioarm, biological weapon, bioweapon any weapon usable in biological warfare chemical weaponchemical substances that can be delivered using munitions and dispersal devices to cause death or severe harm to people and animals and plants atomic weapon, nuclear weapona weapon of mass destruction whose explosive power derives from a nuclear reaction high explosivea powerful chemical explosive that produces gas at a very high rate Bacillus anthracis, anthrax bacillusa species of bacillus that causes anthrax in humans and in animals (cattle and swine and sheep and rabbits and mice and guinea pigs); can be used a bioweapon clostridium perfringensanaerobic Gram-positive rod bacterium that produces epsilon toxin; can be used as a bioweapon A-bomb, atom bomb, atomic bomb, fission bomb, plutonium bomba nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission (splitting the nuclei of a heavy element like uranium 235 or plutonium 239) chemical bomb, gas bomba bomb laden with chemical agents that are released when the bomb explodes bursting explosive, disrupting explosivea high explosive that is used to damage the target that is under attack H-bomb, fusion bomb, hydrogen bomb, thermonuclear bomba nuclear weapon that releases atomic energy by union of light (hydrogen) nuclei at high temperatures to form helium megaton bomba nuclear weapon with an explosive power equivalent to one million tons of TNT pepper spraya nonlethal aerosol spray made with the pepper derivative oleoresin capiscum; used to cause temporary blindness and incapacitate an attacker; also used as a bear deterrent aflatoxina potent carcinogen from the fungus Aspergillus; can be produced and stored for use as a bioweapon poison gasa gas that is poisonous to breath or contact; used in chemical warfare botulin, botulinus toxin, botulismotoxinpotent bacterial toxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum that causes botulism; can be used as a bioweapon SEB, staphylococcal enterotoxin Ba form of staphylococcal enterotoxin that has been used as an incapacitating agent in biological warfare lachrymator, lacrimator, tear gas, teargasa gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them; used in dispersing crowds arm, weapon, weapon system any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting |
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