weaponize

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IPA /ˈwɛpənaɪz/

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weaponize verb

To make into a weapon.“Anything can be weaponized. A big enough rock, dropped from a sufficient height, is a very good weapon.”
To make more effective as a weapon.“To weaponize anthrax it is made more distributable, not more virulent.”

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equip arm weaponise weapon instrumentalize militarize bring to bear instrumentalise nuclearize politicalize martialize soldierize nuclearise tool up politize utilitarianize

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