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weaponization

/ˌwɛpənəˈzeɪ̯.ʃɪn/

weaponization noun: american and Oxford British English standard spelling of weaponisation.

Noun

weaponization (uncountable)

  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 [...]2023 February 9, Lexie Schapitl, Claudia Grisales, “House panel on 'weaponization' of the government's first hearing takes aim at DOJ, FBI”, in NPR, archived from the original on 23 Aug 2023
    • [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.2025 January 27, Cameron Joseph, “John Bolton says he’s faced Trump’s retribution. He worries what Kash Patel might do.”, in The Christian Science Monitor, spoken by John Bolton, archived from the...

Origin of weaponization

From weapon + -ization.

Words formed from weaponization

Questions about weaponization

What does weaponization mean?
Weaponization means american and Oxford British English standard spelling of weaponisation.
What part of speech is weaponization?
Weaponization is a noun.
How do you pronounce weaponization?
Weaponization is pronounced /ˌwɛpənəˈzeɪ̯.ʃɪn/.

Words near weaponization in the dictionary

  1. weaponism
  2. weaponist
  3. weaponists
  4. weaponizability
  5. weaponizable
  6. weaponization
  7. weaponize
  8. weaponized
  9. weaponized incompetence
  10. weaponizer
  11. weaponizers

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