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Noun

conventional weapon ‎(plural conventional weapons)

1. A weapon of warfare which is not nuclear, chemical, or biological in nature.
   • 1954, "Agreement on Germany," Time, 11 Oct.,

     Germany would agree to make no ABC (atomic, bacteriological and chemical) weapons, build only enough conventional weapons to arm its twelve divisions.

Related terms

• conventional warfare
• conventional weaponry

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