• Weaponisation

    Pronunciation

    • UK IPA: /wÉ›pÉ™nʌɪˈzeɪʃnÌ©/

    Alternative forms

    Origin

    From weaponise + -ation.

    Full definition of weaponisation

    Noun

    weaponisation

    (uncountable)
    1. The act of making something into a weapon or making more effective as a weapon.
      • 2007, Michael Sheehan, The International Politics of Space: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.
      • 2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin 2013, p. 278:The weaponization of international credit was nothing new, but its deployment in this instance locked Bulgaria into the policy of the Triple Alliance ….
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