weapons-grade

1. 1.

   of a quality adequate for use in weapons (especially in weapons of mass destruction)

   “weapons-grade plutonium”

   “weapons-grade anthrax”

   Similarsuperior
2. 2.

   extremely strong or concentrated or durable

   “industrial-strength detergent”

   “weapons-grade salsa”

   Synonymsindustrial-strength

   Similarstrong

Questions about weapons-grade

What does weapons-grade mean?

weapons-grade means "of a quality adequate for use in weapons (especially in weapons of mass destruction)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in weapons-grade?

weapons-grade has 4 syllables: we-a-pons--grade. The stress falls on "a".

What is another word for weapons-grade?

Close synonyms include industrial-strength. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is weapons-grade a common word?

weapons-grade is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.