Meanings
nounweaponization (uncountable)
- uncountableAmerican and Oxford British English standard spelling of weaponisation.
A new House panel investigating the "weaponization of the federal government" held its first hearing on Thursday [...]
2023 February 9, Lexie Schapitl, Claudia Grisales, “House panel on 'weaponization' of the government's first hearing takes aim at DOJ, FBI”, in NPR, archived from the original on 23 Aug 20231 more example
[I]f you’re against the weaponization of the Justice Department because you think it was weaponized against you, then you don’t make the situation worse by weaponizing it against your opponents.
2025 January 27, Cameron Joseph, “John Bolton says he’s faced Trump’s retribution. He worries what Kash Patel might do.”, in The Christian Science Monitor, spoken by John Bolton, archived from the original on 01 Feb 2025
Origin
- Proto-Germanic*wēpną
- Proto-West Germanic*wāpn
- Old Englishwēpn
- Middle Englishwepen
- Englishweapon
- Englishweaponization
Cite this entry
APA
weaponization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weaponization
MLA
“weaponization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weaponization. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “weaponization,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weaponization.
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