weaponisation

English

Alternative forms

• weaponization (American and Oxford British spelling)

Etymology

From weaponise +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /wɛpənʌɪˈzeɪʃn̩/

Noun

weaponisation (uncountable)

1. The act of making something into a weapon or making more effective as a weapon.
   • 2007, Michael Sheehan, The International Politics of Space:

     At the dawn of the space age the Eisenhower administration came to the conclusion that the weaponisation of space was not in the interests of the United States.

   • 2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin, published 2013, page 278:

     The weaponization of international credit was nothing new, but its deployment in this instance locked Bulgaria into the policy of the Triple Alliance […].