Weapons-grade

adj, slang

adj, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of a purity suitable for the manufacture of weapons.

    "weapons-grade isotopes"

  2. 2
    Extreme. broadly, informal

    "weapons-grade stupidity"

Adjective
  1. 1
    extremely strong or concentrated or durable wordnet
  2. 2
    of a quality adequate for use in weapons (especially in weapons of mass destruction) wordnet

Synonyms

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industrial-strength

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"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."

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weapons-grade uranium

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