weapons-grade

weapons-grade

1. (of a radioactive or other substance) Of a purity suitable for the manufacture of weapons.
2. (by extension, informal) Extreme.
   • 2007, Tad Waddington, Lasting Contribution: How to Think, Plan, and Act to Accomplish Meaningful Work, Agate Publishing, →ISBN, page 75:

     The idea that texts or facts speak for themselves —interpret me no interpretations—is weapons-grade stupidity.

   • 2013, Andy McNab, Silencer, Transworld Publishers, →ISBN, page 111:

     Three or four women sat on their own, each with a thick layer of make-up and weapons-grade hairspray.

   • 2015, Sarah Morgan, First Time in Forever, HQN, →ISBN, page 138:

     “Ryan is hot by the way, and by hot I am talking weapons-grade sex appeal. […]