Superweapon
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 An extremely powerful weapon.
"We must be very careful how we pin our faith on this thing, assuming that It is successfully developed; we must be wary of the idea that a superweapon can give us a superpower in the world or relieve us of the hard obligations of intelligent policy and diplomacy, of consistency, integrity, and foresight on the basic plane of human relationships."
Example
More examples"We must be very careful how we pin our faith on this thing, assuming that It is successfully developed; we must be wary of the idea that a superweapon can give us a superpower in the world or relieve us of the hard obligations of intelligent policy and diplomacy, of consistency, integrity, and foresight on the basic plane of human relationships."
Etymology
From super- + weapon.
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