doomsday weapon


doomsday weapon

n 1. (Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) (usually pl) any weapon of extreme lethal or destructive power; superweapon 2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a. any tactic, strategy, tool, etc that is potentially or demonstrably devastating to an opponentb. any tactic, strategy, tool, etc that is used as a last resort because it is equally devastating to all parties 3. (Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) (often caps) a hypothetical weapon potentially capable of completely destroying both sides of a conflict, to be used as a deterrent