weaponize
verb
weap·on·ize
ˈwe-pə-ˌnīz 
weaponized; weaponizing
: to adapt for use as a weapon of war
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Critics called it a prime example of mass surveillance being weaponized against women’s reproductive rights.
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Jennifer Jolly, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
This limits how much of your data can be weaponized if it's ever exposed through an extension like this.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 Sep. 2025
These licensing waivers are lawful in themselves, but Drake’s lawsuit claims they were weaponized for competitive advantage, raising questions about transparency, favoritism and whether artists outside the major label system can ever truly compete on equal footing.
—Jared Brenner, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Energy supplies continue to be weaponized, as Russia did for natural gas deliveries to Europe at the time of its invasion of Ukraine.
—Fatih Birol, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
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Jennifer Jolly, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
This limits how much of your data can be weaponized if it's ever exposed through an extension like this.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 Sep. 2025
These licensing waivers are lawful in themselves, but Drake’s lawsuit claims they were weaponized for competitive advantage, raising questions about transparency, favoritism and whether artists outside the major label system can ever truly compete on equal footing.
—Jared Brenner, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Energy supplies continue to be weaponized, as Russia did for natural gas deliveries to Europe at the time of its invasion of Ukraine.
—Fatih Birol, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Weaponize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weaponize. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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