weaponisation

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UK/wɛpənʌɪˈzeɪʃn̩/

noun

The act of making something into a weapon or making more effective as a weapon.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

nounweaponisation (uncountable)

alternative weaponization

  1. uncountableThe act of making something into a weapon or making more effective as a weapon.

    The weaponization of international credit was nothing new, but its deployment in this instance locked Bulgaria into the policy of the Triple Alliance […].

    2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin, published 2013, page 278
    1 more example

    At the dawn of the space age the Eisenhower administration came to the conclusion that the weaponisation of space was not in the interests of the United States.

    2007, Michael Sheehan, The International Politics of Space

Origin

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APA

weaponisation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weaponisation

MLA

“weaponisation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weaponisation. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “weaponisation,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weaponisation.

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