weaponisation

English

Alternative forms

• weaponization (American and Oxford British spelling)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Germanic *wēpną

Proto-West Germanic *wāpn

Old English wēpn

Middle English wepen

English weapon

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Late Latin -izōder.

Middle French -iserbor.

Middle English -isen

English -ise

English weaponise

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin -ātiōlbor.

Old French -ationbor.

Middle English -acioun

English -ation

English weaponisation

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 […].