doomsday device

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别名

Doomsday Device

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A hypothetical weapon (often a bomb) programmed to automatically be used in response to certain attacks, usually with very dire consequences (such as the annihilation of the world).

    Near-synonyms: doomsday bomb, Dead Hand

  2. 2.

    An extremely powerful weapon.

词源

Coined as Doomsday Machine by military strategist Herman Kahn.

来源：wiktionary