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  • verb UK Alternative spelling of weaponize.

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Examples

  • "In unusually strong wording, the IAEA said in a report Iran had not so far explained documentation pointing to undeclared efforts to" weaponise "nuclear materials by linking uranium processing with explosives and designing of a missile warhead."

    Editorial License or Blatant Propaganda? You Decide. 2008

  • North Korea said it would immediately "weaponise" all its plutonium stocks and start enriching uranium and warned that any blockade of its vessels would be considered an act of war.

    WN.com - Photown News 2010

  • North Korea said it would immediately "weaponise" all its plutonium stocks and start enriching uranium and warned that any blockade of its vessels would be considered an act of war.

    WN.com - Photown News 2010

  • North Korea has responded to the UN resolution by announcing that it would start a uranium enrichment program and 'weaponise' all its plutonium.

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • North Korea has responded to the UN resolution by announcing that it would start a uranium enrichment program and 'weaponise' all its plutonium.

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • The reactor was shut down in July ... protest against the U.N. Security Council's move to tighten sanctions against it. today threatened it would "weaponise" all its plutonium and restart uranium enrichment programme as it rejected the tough new UN.protest against the U.N. Security Council's move to tighten sanctions against

    WN.com - Articles related to Give and take on North Korea 2009

  • UN.TED N.TION. (AP) -- The U.N. Security Council has imposed tough new sanctions on N.rth Pyongyang responded to the resolution Saturday by vowing to today threatened it would "weaponise" all its plutonium and restart uranium enrichment programme as it rejected the tough new UN

    WN.com - Articles related to Give and take on North Korea 2009

  • North Korea's threat to "weaponise" its plutonium stocks is deeply regrettable, says US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

    appletree 2009

  • Analysts say Iran will need many years if not decades for such a huge expansion of enrichment, but fear Iran's adherence to obsolete notification rules will heighten the risk of Tehran trying to "weaponise" enrichment clandestinely.

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  • In a disturbing new trend, international banks are creating syndicated credit facilities that "weaponise" credit default swaps (CDS) by using the trading price of a borrower's CDS to set the interest rate paid by the borrower.

    Latest Articles 2008

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