☢️ Suitable for weapons 💥 Extremely strong

weapons-grade

1 7.8

Being extremely strong and concentrated, used to describe coffee or glue

adjective
/ˈwɛpənzɡreɪd/

Informal

: ultrapotente

And then I get deposited into this inescapable weapons grade bunker of those party boys and party girls.

And then I get deposited into this inescapable weapons grade bunker of those party boys and party girls.

Examples

And that's some weapons-grade stupidity right there.

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The, the Tesla has the, the, the bio weapon grade air filters first for external, Well, I mean, I'm sure you can flip the vent over to re intake and it'll work.
The coffee at that shop is weapons-grade, keeping me awake for hours.
Her workout routine is weapons-grade, pushing me to my limits every time.
The storm last night brought weapons-grade winds that knocked down several trees.

Synonyms

high-grade

vsweapons-grade

9 3.9

Of very good quality for important uses

is about extreme potency and concentration rather than just higher quality

industrial-strength

vsweapons-grade

4 5.8

Very strong and made for heavy use in factories, not for regular home use

is far more concentrated and potentially lethal matching military or armament needs

deadly

vsweapons-grade

2 3.9

To a very high degree

is a specific, highly concentrated and potentially lethal level used in armaments

How Strong

weapons-grade

Informal

1 7.8

potent

119 5.5

strong

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

weapons-grade positive

Morphology

weapons-grade = weapon + grade (semi-transparent) = weapon + grade

Formally the same compound, but the meaning is a metaphorical extension to indicate extreme potency rather than literal suitability for weapons.

Etymology

The word weapons-grade is often used informally to mean 'extremely strong' or 'highly concentrated'. A helpful way to remember this use is to imagine something so powerful it could be used as a weapon, which is why people call very strong coffee, glue, or jokes 'weapons-grade'.