- weaponize
- transitive verb (-ized; -izing) Date: 1957 to adapt for use as a weapon of war • weaponization noun
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
weaponize
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weaponize — UK [ˈwepənaɪz] / US [ˈwepəˌnaɪz] verb [transitive] Word forms weaponize : present tense I/you/we/they weaponize he/she/it weaponizes present participle weaponizing past tense weaponized past participle weaponized to make a substance ready to use… … English dictionary
weaponize — verb a) To make into a weapon. Anything can be weaponized. A big enough rock, dropped from a sufficient height, is a very good weapon. b) To make more effective as a weapon. To weaponize anthrax it is made more distributable not more virulent … Wiktionary
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weaponize — verb make into or use as a weapon or a potential weapon Will modern physicists weaponize String Theory? • Derivationally related forms: ↑weapon • Hypernyms: ↑change, ↑alter, ↑modify • Verb Frames … Useful english dictionary
weaponize — v. To attach a weapon to a missile or other delivery mechanism. Example Citation: India and Pakistan have begun weaponizing the nuclear devices they first tested in 1998, senior Clinton administration officials now believe. Pakistan has already… … New words
weaponize — v. use as a weapon; use as a potential weapon; make into a weapon (also weaponise) … English contemporary dictionary
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