Meaning of weaponise | Babel Free

Definitions

Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of weaponize.

UK, alt-of, nonstandard

Examples

“Post-Love Island, we have the weaponised horniness of Too Hot to Handle, the hoodwinkery of Ready to Mingle, we have a landscape where Love Is Blind is allowed to happen, and I would even argue that the ancient format of Married at First Sight had a Love Island-adjacent uplift.”

“Like Twin Peaks: The Return, another rare reboot that worked, Party Down weaponises the fact that so much time has passed since the original series, that the cast is older and slightly more crinkled around the forehead.”

“Vladimir Putin is seeking to weaponise the threat of mass migration to divide and weaken Europe as supporters of Ukraine struggle to maintain unity to defeat Russia, Kaja Kallas, the Estonian prime minister, says.”

“International scrutiny had driven Chinese authorities away from extrajudicial detention towards forms of "lawfare" and weaponising criminal prosecutions, Ms [Rayhan] Asat said.”

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