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weaponize verb. To attach a weapon to a missile or other delivery mechanism.

Example Citation:
"India and Pakistan have begun weaponizing the nuclear devices they first tested in 1998, senior Clinton administration officials now believe. Pakistan has already placed a nuclear warhead on some of its missiles, and India is responding in kind, they say."
—"A New Threat in South Asia," Newsweek, October 18, 1999

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Subject Categories:
Language - Verbed Nouns
The World - Military

Posted on October 21, 1999 at 11:49 AM
Updated on October 21, 1999 at 11:49 AM


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