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weaponize

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9 lettersPronunciation /ˈwɛpənaɪz/Part of speech verbSorted aeeinopwzStarts with WEnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. make into or use as a weapon or a potential weapon

Word origin

From weapon + -ize. First use appears c. 1938. See cite below.

Used in a sentence

  • Anything can be weaponized. A big enough rock, dropped from a sufficient height, is a very good weapon.
  • They have weaponized social media. They have weaponized the First Amendment. They have weaponized civic discourse. And they have weaponized, most of all, politics.
  • [I]f you’re against the weaponization of the Justice Department because you think it was weaponized against you, then you don’t make the situation worse by weaponizing it against your opponents.

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