Meanings
comparative more weaponized · superlative most weaponized · alternative UK weaponised
- 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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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
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