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weaponisation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /wɛpənʌɪˈzeɪʃn̩/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree English weaponise Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English weaponisation From weaponise + -ation.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The act of making something into a weapon or making more effective as a weapon.
   • 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:
   • 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:

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