weaponizing

Verb

weaponize (third-person singular simple present weaponizes, present participle weaponizing, simple past and past participle weaponized)

1. (British, English, Oxford, US, transitive) To make into a weapon.
   • Anything can be weaponized. A big enough rock, dropped from a sufficient height, is a very good weapon.
2. (British, English, Oxford, US, transitive) To make more effective as a weapon.
   • To weaponize anthrax it is made more distributable, not more virulent.