Weaponize (Verb)
Meaning
Make into or use as a weapon or a potential weapon; "Will modern physicists weaponize String Theory?".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- Politicians have been known to weaponize complex scientific discoveries for their own gain in public debates and campaigns.
- Hackers around the world continually try to find ways to weaponize computer viruses and cyber exploits.
- Environmentalists worry that the development of certain advanced technologies could be used to weaponize the weather itself.
- Scientists warn that nanoparticles could be designed specifically to weaponize diseases and plagues.
- Extremists sometimes attempt to weaponize cultural or social issues for their own purposes.