denuclearize

English

Alternative forms

• denuclearise

Etymology

From de- +‎ nuclearize.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diːˈn(j)uːkliəˌɹaɪz/

Verb

denuclearize (third-person singular simple present denuclearizes, present participle denuclearizing, simple past and past participle denuclearized)

1. (transitive) To ban, remove or reduce the numbers of nuclear weapons in an area.

   Synonym: (colloquial) denuke

   • 2024 November 5, Bret Stephens, “To Whom it May Concern”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     America’s security, and your standing as leader of the free world, will rise if you get straight to work on these looming threats rather than expending yourself in another Sisyphean attempt to achieve Israeli-Palestinian peace, denuclearize North Korea or address the root causes of Latin American migration.

Derived terms

• denuclearization

Translations

reduce number of nuclear weapons

• Catalan: desnuclearitzar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 無核化 / 无核化 (zh) (wúhéhuà)

• Finnish: riisua ydinaseista
• French: dénucléariser (fr)
• German: denuklearisieren (de)
• Greek: αποπυρηνικοποιώ (el) (apopyrinikopoió)
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• Italian: denuclearizzare (it)
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• Portuguese: desnuclearizar
• Russian: денуклеаризи́ровать (ru) (denuklearizírovatʹ)
• Spanish: desnuclearizar
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