superweapon
noun
su·per·weap·on
ˌsü-pər-ˈwe-pən 
plural superweapons
: an extremely powerful weapon
President Truman had, as vice president, been kept totally in the dark about the Manhattan Project, so it was a great surprise to him to learn of the atomic superweapon soon to be at his disposal.—
Kelli Peduzzi
Kelli PeduzziThis is a trebuchet, a fearsome, poorly understood superweapon of the Middle Ages …—Evan Hadingham
Evan HadinghamExamples of superweapon in a Sentence
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Alongside a group of Master Builders, including the tough Wyldstyle (Elizabeth Banks) and the wise Vitruvius (Morgan Freeman), Emmet embarks on an adventure to stop the evil Lord Business (Will Ferrell) from using a superweapon to glue the Lego world together.
—Travis Bean, Forbes, 14 Sep. 2024
Post Post Share Save Buy Copies Print Generative AI must seem like a superweapon to malicious actors who aim to sow discord online.
—Chris Bail, Harvard Business Review, 20 Mar. 2024
However, Galen's daughter Jyn (Felicity Jones) allies with spy Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) and other Rebel Alliance fighters to swipe the plans for the superweapon and secure the Rebellion's first major victory against the Empire.
—Devan Coggan, EW.com, 22 May 2024
While Mimas most definitely isn’t a planet-destroying superweapon, nobody could say with any certainty whether an abundance of liquid water was hiding beneath its icy shell.
—Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 7 Feb. 2024
The Leopard 2s performed well but were hardly invulnerable superweapons.
—Stephen Biddle, Foreign Affairs, 29 Jan. 2024
Paras had just dumped the recipe for a superweapon into a mosh pit.
—Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 14 Nov. 2023
While the Allies sent back home a trove of German superweapons during Project Paperclip, including jets and missiles, there’s no record of any version of Die Glocke ever being captured.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 10 Aug. 2023
The film is about nuclear war, nuclear testing, the devastation of superweapons, the hubris of scientists, and the assurance that this would happen again if nothing changed.
—Kelsey Atherton, Vulture, 26 July 2023
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Travis Bean, Forbes, 14 Sep. 2024
Post Post Share Save Buy Copies Print Generative AI must seem like a superweapon to malicious actors who aim to sow discord online.
—Chris Bail, Harvard Business Review, 20 Mar. 2024
However, Galen's daughter Jyn (Felicity Jones) allies with spy Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) and other Rebel Alliance fighters to swipe the plans for the superweapon and secure the Rebellion's first major victory against the Empire.
—Devan Coggan, EW.com, 22 May 2024
While Mimas most definitely isn’t a planet-destroying superweapon, nobody could say with any certainty whether an abundance of liquid water was hiding beneath its icy shell.
—Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 7 Feb. 2024
The Leopard 2s performed well but were hardly invulnerable superweapons.
—Stephen Biddle, Foreign Affairs, 29 Jan. 2024
Paras had just dumped the recipe for a superweapon into a mosh pit.
—Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 14 Nov. 2023
While the Allies sent back home a trove of German superweapons during Project Paperclip, including jets and missiles, there’s no record of any version of Die Glocke ever being captured.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 10 Aug. 2023
The film is about nuclear war, nuclear testing, the devastation of superweapons, the hubris of scientists, and the assurance that this would happen again if nothing changed.
—Kelsey Atherton, Vulture, 26 July 2023
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“Superweapon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/superweapon. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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