English Dictionary

doomsday device

名詞

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).

日本語の意味

特定の攻撃に自動的に反応して発動する、仮定上の極めて破壊的な兵器。 / 攻撃に対する自動反応メカニズムを持ち、しばしば爆弾として描かれる、世界滅亡をもたらす兵器。

The generals argued for months over whether arming the doomsday device would actually deter an attack or guarantee global annihilation.

将軍たちは、攻撃を抑止するために自動で作動する世界滅亡兵器に武装することが本当に抑止力になるのか、それとも世界の全滅を確実にするだけなのかで何ヶ月も議論した。

意味（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).

For more than a year, ominous rumors had been privately circulating among high-level Western leaders that the Soviet Union had been at work on what was darkly hinted to be the ultimate weapon: a doomsday device.

意味（2）

An extremely powerful weapon.

doomsday devices （ plural ）