weaponized

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adjective

Made into, or to serve as, a weapon.

“Weaponized anthrax is a biological terror weapon, whereas anthrax found in the wild is unlikely to cause a plague.”

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Meanings

adjectiveweaponized (comparative more weaponized, superlative most weaponized)

comparative more weaponized · superlative most weaponized · alternative UK weaponised

  1. Made into, or to serve as, a weapon.

    Weaponized anthrax is a biological terror weapon, whereas anthrax found in the wild is unlikely to cause a plague.

    1 more example

    Trace that logic out a bit, and you arrive at a kind of weaponized incompetence: Your husband isn’t good at certain tasks, so he shouldn’t have to do them.

    2018 May 8, Steve Almond, “Save Me From This Domestic Drudgery! The Sweet Spot column”, in The New York Times
verb

alternative UK weaponised

  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of weaponize
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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