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Weaponised

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Weaponised meaning

Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of weaponized.

Example sentences (20)

As it stands, the nuclear issue is being weaponised for yet another tactic to simply win an election.

But there is also growing concern about the technology being weaponised by hackers to enable devastating cyber attacks.

He said Hezbollah had used a missile known as the Burkan, describing its explosives payload as between 300 to 500 kilograms, and confirmed the group had used weaponised drones for the first time.

In the quest for domination of one by the other, weaponised media and ethnicity became principal tools for self-definition and for campaign for elective franchise”.

Although the term is complimentary as it can mean being clued up on what’s happening in the world and how certain groups are unfairly treated, it’s often been weaponised as an insult to insinuate things have gone ‘too far’.

For example, Vine’s stalker “weaponised the internet”, sending relentless emails identifying the presenter’s home address and making him fear for his family’s safety.

Gaetz, who has accused the committee of being "weaponised" against him and leaking information to the press, alleged the panel was working on behalf of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, according to the report.

In what could be one of the most divisive books of the year, Butler – who now identifies as they/them – has written about how gender is now being weaponised by the far right.

Local elites weaponised nationalist identities across the former Soviet empire.

Michael Buraimoh, chief executive of campaigning group Race on the Agenda, told : “It is deeply troubling to see anti-racist legislation meant to protect members of our community increasingly being weaponised against us.

People’s faith has been weaponised by the RSS- combine in pursuit of a vengeful vision of India.

They can even lead to defamation proceedings, particularly when weaponised by an unhappy customer or a rival business.

In the second case, climate deniers such as Tony Abbott weaponised the carbon price policy for political ends, running the extremely effective “Axe the tax” scare campaign.

If argued consistently, such a program could even contribute to break the ranks amongst some of the most downtrodden and under-class youth being enrolled in the regime’s militias and currently weaponised to repress the movement.

The report quotes Professor of Law at Boston University Danielle Citron, who said this technology was being “weaponised against women by inserting their faces into porn”.

Unity is prized, but it can be overrated, especially if it is weaponised to stifle legitimate debate.

Another débutant was Rudra, the weaponised Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH), which has already been inducted into service.

Another gap in the CAA’s regulations were that they did not ban weaponised drones entirely; while it did forbid drones from carrying dangerous objects or substances, the CAA Director can give permission for them to do so.

The Sniperbots were as effective as you could reasonably expect knock-off Stormtroopers to ever be, and the psychological chills of the Doctor’s fears being weaponised really got me.

The story involves a new fast-acting zombie virus called the C-Virus which has been weaponised by the NSA to induce fear in the general populace and the individual character's attempts to stop it from spreading.