Superweapon
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Superweapon is a noun meaning An extremely powerful weapon.
Meaning
An extremely powerful weapon.
Example Sentences
It was after the publication of 1984 that Orwell became, as Isaac Deutscher put it, an ideological "superweapon of the cold war."
And this was what Prussianism aimed at with her supermen and superweapons: to place the whole world in fetters and enforce the doctrine that “ might is right.”
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.
Word Forms
- superweapons
- super-weapon
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include super-weapon, wonderweapon, superweaponry, wunderwaffe, superwarhead, superbomb.
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