weaponization

[wep-uhn-ahyz-ay-shuhn]

noun

1. the act of using something as a weapon to gain advantage over an enemy or rival.

2. the act of equipping something, such as a vehicle, system, or country, with a weapon or weapons.

3. the act of developing something, such as a chemical or microorganism, expressly for use as a weapon of war.

Example Sentences

Specifically, he continued, “Those thematics are, I believe, the weaponization of fear. The use of fear as a tool to divide, to conquer, to consume, to pacify in order to gain power.”

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Where this season is about the weaponization of fear, he says the second would take on the weaponization of faith.

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio had decried his conviction as "the weaponization of Colombia's judicial branch by radical judges."

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio had slammed his conviction as "the weaponization of Colombia's judicial branch by radical judges."

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Bigger picture, he sees the uptrend as likely to continue, with most mined gold “already spoken for” and global central banks continuing to diversify their reserves due to the “weaponization” of the U.S. dollar.

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