weapons-grade en · ADJ
Meanings
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(of a radioactive or other substance) Of a purity suitable for the manufacture of weapons.
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 processing of lower grades of radioactive waste for off-site storage.
2023 December 27, Ben Jones, “Inside Sellafield... by rail”, in RAIL, number 999, page 20:weapons-grade isotopes
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(broadly, informal) Extreme.
weapons-grade stupidity
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: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:“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:weapons-grade ignorance
And if you're streaming this song on SpotifyThen we both fund weapons-grade AI
2026, “You You You”performed by Arab Strap:
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ko 무기급 (Suitable for weapons) · fr de qualité militaire (Suitable for weapons)