weaponisation
UK/wɛpənʌɪˈzeɪʃn̩/
weaponisation noun: the act of making something into a weapon or making more effective as a weapon.
Noun
weaponisation (uncountable)
- The act of making something into a weapon or making more effective as a weapon.
- 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.2007, Michael Sheehan, The International Politics of Space
- The weaponization of international credit was nothing new, but its deployment in this instance locked Bulgaria into the policy of the Triple Alliance […].2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin, published 2013, page 278
Forms of weaponisation
| alternative form | weaponization |
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Origin of weaponisation
From weaponise + -ation.
Questions about weaponisation
- What does weaponisation mean?
- Weaponisation means the act of making something into a weapon or making more effective as a weapon.
- What part of speech is weaponisation?
- Weaponisation is a noun.
- How do you pronounce weaponisation?
- Weaponisation is pronounced /wɛpənʌɪˈzeɪʃn̩/ (UK).
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