disarmament
noun/dɪsˈɑːməmənt/
/dɪsˈɑːrməmənt/
[uncountable]- the fact of a country reducing the size of its armed forces or the number of weapons, especially nuclear weapons, that it has
- They campaigned for nuclear disarmament.
- disarmament talks
Extra ExamplesTopics War and conflictc2- He believes in using limited force to achieve disarmament.
- The party supports multilateral disarmament.
- a UN resolution that demands the disarmament of the country
- a spokesperson for the UN-backed disarmament programme
- diplomatic efforts to resolve remaining disarmament issues
- failures to comply with disarmament obligations
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- nuclear
- general
- global
- …
- demand
- support
- achieve
- …
- negotiations
- talks
- agreement
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