weaponize

vt. 把…改装成武器, 使武器化

发音

/ˈwɛpənaɪz/

词形变化

weaponized weaponizes 三单 weaponizes weaponizing weaponizing 现在分词 weaponized 过去式 weaponized 过去分词

别名

weaponise

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To make into a weapon.

    美国 及物

    Anything can be weaponized. A big enough rock, dropped from a sufficient height, is a very good weapon.

  2. 2.

    To make more effective as a weapon.

    美国 及物

    To weaponize anthrax it is made more distributable, not more virulent.

词汇关系

动词

上位词 3

change alter modify

词源

From weapon + -ize. First use appears c. 1938. See cite below.

来源：wiktionary