"weapons-grade" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{head|en|adjective|head=weapons-grade}} weapons-grade
  1. (of a radioactive or other substance) Of a purity suitable for the manufacture of weapons. Translations (Suitable for weapons): de qualité militaire (French), 무기급 (mugigeup) (alt: 武器級) (Korean)
    Sense id: en-weapons-grade-en-adj-3qbk~DRE Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Korean translations, Nuclear warfare Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 100 0 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 100 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Nuclear warfare: 100 0 Disambiguation of 'Suitable for weapons': 100 0
  2. (by extension, informal) Extreme. Tags: broadly, informal
    Sense id: en-weapons-grade-en-adj-sb1yG3xe Categories (other): English terms with collocations
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: weapons-grade uranium
Categories (other): Uranium Disambiguation of Uranium: 0 0
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