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weapons-grade

weapons-grade adjective: of a purity suitable for the manufacture of weapons.

Adjective

weapons-grade

  1. Of a purity suitable for the manufacture of weapons.
    • weapons-grade isotopes
    • For 75 years, it has fulfilled a wide range of roles: producing weapons-grade plutonium for early atomic weapons in the aftermath of the Second World War; the world's first commercial nuclear power station supplying electricity to the National Grid; reprocessing and storage of nuclear fuel; and the...2023 December 27, Ben Jones, “Inside Sellafield... by rail”, in RAIL, number 999, page 20
  2. (broadly, informal) Extreme.
    • weapons-grade stupidity
    • weapons-grade ignorance

Examples of weapons-grade in a sentence

  • The idea that texts or facts speak for themselves —interpret me no interpretations—is weapons-grade stupidity.2007, Tad Waddington, Lasting Contribution: How to Think, Plan, and Act to Accomplish Meaningful Work, Agate Publishing, →ISBN, page 75:
  • Three or four women sat on their own, each with a thick layer of make-up and weapons-grade hairspray.2013, Andy McNab, Silencer, Transworld Publishers, →ISBN, page 111:
  • “Ryan is hot by the way, and by hot I am talking weapons-grade sex appeal. […]2015, Sarah Morgan, First Time in Forever, HQN, →ISBN, page 138:
  • And if you're streaming this song on SpotifyThen we both fund weapons-grade AI2026, “You You You”performed by Arab Strap:

Words formed from weapons-grade

Questions about weapons-grade

What does weapons-grade mean?
Weapons-grade means of a purity suitable for the manufacture of weapons.
How do you use weapons-grade in a sentence?
The idea that texts or facts speak for themselves —interpret me no interpretations—is weapons-grade stupidity.
What part of speech is weapons-grade?
Weapons-grade is an adjective.

Words near weapons-grade in the dictionary

  1. weapons of mass destruction
  2. weapons of mass disruption
  3. weapons offence
  4. weapons offences
  5. weapons tight
  6. weapons-grade
  7. weapons-grade uranium
  8. weaponshaw
  9. weaponshawing
  10. weaponshawings
  11. weaponshaws

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