conventional weapon

noun

conventional weapon

noun
1

A weapon of warfare which is not nuclear, chemical, biological, or radiological in nature.

  • Germany would agree to make no ABC (atomic, bacteriological and chemical) weapons, build only enough conventional weapons to arm its twelve divisions.1954 October 11, “Agreement on Germany”, in Time:
Related terms
conventional warfare, conventional weaponry

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