weaponise
verb
weaponise is a verb meaning “Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of weaponize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled W-E-A-P-O-N-I-S-E, and it appears about once in every 48 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does weaponise mean?
verb
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UKNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of weaponize.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of weaponise
- weaponises present, singular, he/she/it
- weaponising participle, present
- weaponised participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is weaponise?
Weaponise appears about once in every 48 million words in written English, the 214,628th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does weaponise come from?
From weapon + -ise.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).