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Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of weaponize form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Made into, or to serve as, a weapon.

   "Weaponized anthrax is a biological terror weapon, whereas anthrax found in the wild is unlikely to cause a plague."

Example

More examples

"The rabbi's grandson weaponized golems, selling them as soldiers to any state that could pay."

Related phrases

weaponized incompetence

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