ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Weaponisation

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /wɛpənʌɪˈzeɪʃn̩/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Weaponisation is a noun meaning The act of making something into a weapon or making more effective as a weapon.

Meaning

The act of making something into a weapon or making more effective as a weapon.

Example Sentences

The weaponization of international credit was nothing new, but its deployment in this instance locked Bulgaria into the policy of the Triple Alliance […].
At the dawn of the space age the Eisenhower administration came to the conclusion that the weaponisation of space was not in the interests of the United States.

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Related dictionary entries include weaponization, weapon, weap, megaweapon, brutalisation, incendiary.

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