energivapen

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Swedish

Etymology

Compound of energi (energy) +‎ vapen (weapon).

Noun

energivapen n

  1. A weaponised use of the energy market to damage an other party.
    • 2014 March 16, Sebastian Orre, “Inget sätt att undvika rysk olja i tanken [No way to avoid Russian oil in the tank]”, in Svenska Dagbladet:
      Det kan man inte göra med energivapnet, då har man tagit till militära medel, säger hon.
      They cannot do that via energy market manipulation, so they have resorted to military means, she says.
    • 2015 December 16, Jasenko Selimovic, “Därför måste regeringen säga nej till rysk gas [That's why the government must say no to Russian gas]”, in Dagens Samhälle:
      Det som Kreml inte gillar bestraffas och bekämpas med energivapen.
      What the Kremlin does not like is punished and fought through the energy market.
    • 2022 November 23, Frida Wallnor, “Det ryska energivapnet är snart historia [The Russian energy weapon is soon history]”, in Dagens Industri:
      Att investera i det europeiska energioberoendet är det långsiktigt mest effektiva sättet att ta udden av fientliga energivapen, oavsett vem som håller i det.
      Investing in European energy independence is the long-term most effective way to take the edge off hostile energy market manipulation, regardless of who holds them.
  2. An energy weapon.
    • 2014 April 6, Daniel Åhlin, “Sci-fi-teknik på väg att bli verklighet [Sci-fi technology about to become reality]”, in International Data Group, archived from the original on 24 November 2022:
      Rayguns är i grunden partikelstrålevapen, en subtyp av riktade energivapen, som även inkluderar soniska och mikrovågsbaserade vapen.
      Rayguns are basically particle beam weapons, a subtype of directed energy weapons, which also includes sonic and microwave based weapons.

Declension

Declension of energivapen 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative energivapen energivapnet energivapen energivapnen
Genitive energivapens energivapnets energivapens energivapnens