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  • noun Plural form of superweapon.

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Examples

  • They usually have an evil scientist in their gang or, at the very least, the benefits of futuristic science, such as superweapons, hypnotic rays, invisible spaceships or whatnot.

    Ten Minutes, That's It Benjamin Kral 2010

  • Also, none of these are remotely close yet to any sort of "superweapons".

    Archive 2008-01-01 2008

  • Also, none of these are remotely close yet to any sort of "superweapons".

    Coming Attractions in "China Threat" Theories: The Nano Gap 2008

  • "Not 'superweapons'," MacMaine corrected almost absently.

    The Highest Treason Randall Garrett 1957

  • Still, al-Qaeda members dreamed of superweapons that would eliminate the United States and their other enemies at one stroke.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • What happened is that during the late 1950s and early 1960's the USSR and the USA were both building ICBM systems -- superweapons which were presumed capable of blowing half the world to smithereens in an afternoon -- and for much of that time the Soviets seemed ahead.

    NASA's Next Administrator - Charles F. Bolden? - NASA Watch 2009

  • Still, al-Qaeda members dreamed of superweapons that would eliminate the United States and their other enemies at one stroke.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • Still, al-Qaeda members dreamed of superweapons that would eliminate the United States and their other enemies at one stroke.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • Still, al-Qaeda members dreamed of superweapons that would eliminate the United States and their other enemies at one stroke.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • The repetitive race sequences—vroom vroom vrooming at warp speed—are intercut with a James Bond spoof that centers on Finn McMissile, a supercar with superweapons voiced by Michael Caine, and that starts the action in a preface set on a giant oil platform at sea.

    Oy Story: 'Cars 2' Is a Dollar-Driven Edsel Joe Morgenstern 2011

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