weaponisation
/wɛpənʌɪˈzeɪʃn̩/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.10 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "At the dawn of the space age the Eisenhower administration came to the conclusion that the weaponisation of space was not in the interests of the United States."
- "The weaponization of international credit was nothing new, but its deployment in this instance locked Bulgaria into the policy of the Triple Alliance […]."
Etymology
Etymology tree English weaponise Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English weaponisation From weaponise + -ation.
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /wɛpənʌɪˈzeɪʃn̩/