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weaponize

[wep-uh-nahyz] / ˈwɛp əˌnaɪz /


VERB
provide with weapon
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He also addressed the accusations of antisemitism, writing that "one of the most effective ways to enforce silence has been to weaponize the accusation of antisemitism".

From BBC Sep. 14, 2026

Playwrights from Shakespeare to Sondheim to Manuel-Miranda, meanwhile, write around human emotion and almost weaponize relatability to enrich the audience’s theater experience.

From Salon Jul. 30, 2026

As frontier models automate vulnerability discovery at machine scale, security chiefs scramble to automate patching before hackers weaponize flaws.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 2026

With more agentic capabilities comes an elevated threat landscape, as bad actors can now weaponize AI to launch attacks with unprecedented speed and magnitude.

From MarketWatch Mar. 14, 2026

The machines are “a deliberate choice by a multi billion dollar corporation that absolutely knew what it was doing and chose to weaponize sound literally,” said Councilwoman Eunisses Hernandez, who represents the city’s first district.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 17, 2025

When I pressed him on how the anniversary had been weaponized against him, he finally became more forceful.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

They include the health economist whose data on genetics and disease are weaponized by people she never meant to arm.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 7, 2026

It also has been criticized for sometimes being weaponized by opponents of a project, including housing developments.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 31, 2026

AI agents can churn out code with security flaws or be weaponized by bad actors to hack into computer systems.

From MarketWatch Aug. 2, 2026

Indeed, they felt it their duty to disabuse me of my weaponized history.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Walsh treats well-documented, widely accessible historical facts as if they were buried state secrets, weaponizing the baseline historical illiteracy of his audience to construct a narrative of deception.

From Salon May 20, 2026

Until now, the country has largely refrained from weaponizing its financial sector against its neighbor across the Persian Gulf.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 6, 2026

“The volume, coordination, and repetition signal a deliberate strategy to nationalize a local race by weaponizing bigotry as a turnout engine,” the group’s report says.

From Slate Nov. 25, 2025

“The law prohibits weaponizing defamation lawsuits, like this one, to retaliate against individuals who have filed legal claims or have publicly spoken out about sexual harassment and retaliation,” the brief states.

From Los Angeles Times May 27, 2025

His grandfather Fulton Oursler was a mystery writer and magician who delighted in exposing scammers he believed were weaponizing the craft.

From New York Times May 16, 2024



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