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>And I like "weapons-grade," too, as an adjective. just so. you can't use it interchangeably with weaponization without doing some other major rewritization.  (would weaponizing be any less offensive than weaponization?)
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Also, weapons-grade anthrax has been cultivated to be resistant to most antibiotics, or so ABC told me.Ah yes, I'd heard that the Anthrax Biorefinement Cooperative had started up a lab in Gisborne ... 
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stupidisation and abusification of the English language
Not to mention bastardization.
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The Poynter Institute, a Florida-based journalism school and media watchdog outfit, features an article by one of its resident experts on "weaponize": http://63.208.24.134/Terrorism/Roy20.htmIt's a pretty good site for news/info links, too (Max, whaddya think?) http://www.poynter.org/
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I am just glad the author did not attempt to defend the truly execrable "ise" word that has stopped people from setting priorities
Heaven forfend that anyone should use four syllables when five would do just as easily.
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Arright Max! Whur at's the dang biscuit! Don't make me slobber all over you.
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I am just glad the author did not attempt to defend the truly execrable "ise" word that has stopped people from setting priorities.
I was surprised to note that the OED does have prioritize (US origin, first quoted usage 1973), but not priorize, which I have also heard used.
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