Usually means: Adapt for use in combat.
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  1. weaponize: Merriam-Webster
  2. weaponize: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. weaponize: Collins English Dictionary
  4. weaponize: Vocabulary.com
  5. weaponize: Wordnik
  6. weaponize: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. weaponize: Wiktionary
  8. weaponize: Dictionary.com
  9. weaponize: Rhymezone
  10. weaponize: FreeDictionary.org
  11. weaponize: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. weaponize: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ verb:  (transitive) To make into a weapon.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To make more effective as a weapon.

Similar:
weaponise, weapon, instrumentalize, militarize, bring to bear, instrumentalise, nuclearize, politicalize, martialize, soldierize, more...

Opposite:
deweaponize, unweaponize

Types:
chemical, biological, nuclear, conventional, cyber, psychological, informational, more...



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Similar:
weaponise, weapon, instrumentalize, militarize, bring to bear, instrumentalise, nuclearize, politicalize, martialize, soldierize, more...

Opposite:
deweaponize, unweaponize

Types:
chemical, biological, nuclear, conventional, cyber, psychological, informational, more...



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