weapons-grade
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.47 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of a purity suitable for the manufacture of weapons.
Example Sentences
- "weapons-grade isotopes"
- "For 75 years, it has fulfilled a wide range of roles: producing weapons-grade plutonium for early atomic weapons in the aftermath of the Second World War; the world's first commercial nuclear power station supplying electricity to the National Grid; reprocessing and storage of nuclear fuel; and the processing of lower grades of radioactive waste for off-site storage."
- "weapons-grade stupidity"
- "weapons-grade ignorance"
- "The idea that texts or facts speak for themselves —interpret me no interpretations—is weapons-grade stupidity."
- "Three or four women sat on their own, each with a thick layer of make-up and weapons-grade hairspray."