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  1. weaponizedadjective

    Made into, or to serve as, a weapon.

    Weaponized anthrax is a biological terror weapon where anthrax found in the wild is unlikely to cause a plague.

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  1. weaponized

    A weapon, arm or armament is any implement or device that can be used to deter, threaten, inflict physical damage, harm, or kill. Weapons are used to increase the efficacy and efficiency of activities such as hunting, crime, law enforcement, self-defense, warfare, or suicide. In broader context, weapons may be construed to include anything used to gain a tactical, strategic, material or mental advantage over an adversary or enemy target. While ordinary objects – sticks, rocks, bottles, chairs, vehicles – can be used as weapons, many objects are expressly designed for the purpose; these range from simple implements such as clubs, axes and swords, to complicated modern firearms, tanks, intercontinental ballistic missiles, biological weapons, and cyberweapons. Something that has been re-purposed, converted, or enhanced to become a weapon of war is termed weaponized, such as a weaponized virus or weaponized laser.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of weaponized in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of weaponized in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of weaponized in a Sentence

  1. Gwynne Shotwell:

    It was never intended to be weaponized, however, Ukrainians have leveraged it in ways that were unintentional and not part of any agreement.

  2. Katie Hill:

    I'm hurt. I'm angry. The path that I saw so clearly for Katie Hill is no longer there, i never claimed to be perfect. But I never thought my imperfections would be weaponized and used to try to destroy me and the community I've loved for my entire life.

  3. John Kirby:

    I think leaders are going to be looking for ways to do two things : One, continue to hold Russian President Vladimir Putin accountable and to increase the costs and consequences of Russian President Vladimir Putin war on Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian President Vladimir Putin economy, and two, minimizing as much as possible the effect of these rising oil prices and the way Russian President Vladimir Putin has weaponized energy on nations, particularly on the continent but also around the world.

  4. Bernalillo County Commissioner Adriann Barboa:

    He came to my house after the election and he’s an election denier. He weaponized those dangerous thoughts to threaten me and others causing serious trauma.

  5. Brad Ashwell:

    They don't have a lot of safeguards to keep this from being politicized and weaponized.

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