Weaponize

//ˈwɛpənaɪz//

Synonyms for "weaponize"

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More general

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Related terms

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Translations

28 translations across 11 languages.

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Esperanto

2 entries
  • armiliĝi verb (make into a weapon)
  • armiĝi verb (make into a weapon)

Finnish

3 entries
  • aseellistaa verb (make into a weapon)
  • käyttää aseena verb (make into a weapon)
  • tehdä ase verb (make into a weapon)

French

1 entries
  • arsenaliser verb (make into a weapon)

German

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  • als Waffe benutzen verb (make into a weapon)
  • als Waffe verwenden verb (make into a weapon)
  • in eine Waffe verwandeln verb (make into a weapon)
  • zu einer Waffe machen verb (make into a weapon)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • fegyverként használ verb (make into a weapon)

Italian

2 entries
  • trasformare in arma verb (make into a weapon)
  • utilizzare come arma verb (make into a weapon)

Korean

1 entries
  • 무기화(武器化)하다 verb (make into a weapon)

Russian

1 entries
  • использовать как оружие verb (make into a weapon)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • pretvoriti u oružje verb (make into a weapon)
  • upotrijebiti kao oružje verb (make into a weapon)

Spanish

4 entries
  • armamentizar verb (make into a weapon)
  • convertir en arma verb (make into a weapon)
  • esgrimir verb (make into a weapon)
  • instrumentalizar como arma verb (make into a weapon)

Swedish

2 entries
  • göra till ett vapen verb (make into a weapon)
  • vapenisera verb (make into a weapon)

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

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Ziri is gathering information in order to weaponize it against you.

Source: tatoeba (10864672)

Algeria shouldn't weaponize its gas supplies to Europe.

Source: tatoeba (10927793)

Morocco is trying to weaponize history to justify its occupation of Western Sahara.

Source: tatoeba (11039010)

Other conservative critics said the children were victims of “politically correct teaching” and the campaign was a ploy to “weaponize children for political purposes.”

Source: tatoeba (11852669)

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