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weaponization

noun
/ˌwɛpənəˈzeɪ̯.ʃɪn/

Etymology

From weapon + -ization.

  1. derived from *wēbnom✻
  2. inherited from *wēpną✻
  3. inherited from *wāpn✻
  4. inherited from wǣpn
  5. inherited from wepen
  6. suffixed as weaponization — “weapon + ization”

Definitions

  1. American and Oxford British English standard spelling of weaponisation.

    • A new House panel investigating the "weaponization of the federal government" held its first hearing on Thursday [...]
    • [I]f you’re against the weaponization of the Justice Department because you think it was weaponized against you, then you don’t make the situation worse by weaponizing it against your opponents.

The neighborhood

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