weapons-grade

adjective

Of a purity suitable for the manufacture of weapons.

“weapons-grade isotopes”

Meanings

adjective
  1. Of a purity suitable for the manufacture of weapons.

    weapons-grade isotopes

    1 more example

    For 75 years, it has fulfilled a wide range of roles: producing weapons-grade plutonium for early atomic weapons in the aftermath of the Second World War; the world's first commercial nuclear power station supplying electricity to the National Grid; reprocessing and storage of nuclear fuel; and the processing of lower grades of radioactive waste for off-site storage.

    2023 December 27, Ben Jones, “Inside Sellafield... by rail”, in RAIL, number 999, page 20
  2. broadlyinformalExtreme.

    weapons-grade stupidity

    5 more examples

    weapons-grade ignorance

    The idea that texts or facts speak for themselves —interpret me no interpretations—is weapons-grade stupidity.

    2007, Tad Waddington, Lasting Contribution: How to Think, Plan, and Act to Accomplish Meaningful Work, Agate Publishing, →ISBN, page 75

    Three or four women sat on their own, each with a thick layer of make-up and weapons-grade hairspray.

    2013, Andy McNab, Silencer, Transworld Publishers, →ISBN, page 111

    “Ryan is hot by the way, and by hot I am talking weapons-grade sex appeal. […]

    2015, Sarah Morgan, First Time in Forever, HQN, →ISBN, page 138

    And if you're streaming this song on SpotifyThen we both fund weapons-grade AI

    2026, “You You You”performed by Arab Strap

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveof a quality adequate for use in weapons (especially in weapons of mass destruction)

Similar

adjectiveextremely strong or concentrated or durable

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

French de qualité militaire
  • de qualité militaireSuitable for weapons
Korean 무기급
  • 무기급 (mugigeup)Suitable for weapons
Cite this entry
APA

weapons-grade. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weapons-grade

MLA

“weapons-grade.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weapons-grade. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “weapons-grade,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weapons-grade.

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