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denuclearise

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de⋅nu⋅cle⋅ar⋅ize

  [dee-noo-klee-uh-rahyz, -nyoo- or, by metathesis, -kyuh-luh-]
Use denuclearise in a Sentence
–verb (used with object), -ized, -iz⋅ing.
1. to remove nuclear weapons from (a country, region, etc.).
2. to prohibit the deployment or construction of nuclear weapons in (a country, region, etc.).
Also, especially British, de⋅nu⋅cle⋅ar⋅ise.

Origin:
1955–60; de- + nuclear + -ize

Related forms:
de⋅nu⋅cle⋅ar⋅i⋅za⋅tion, noun

Pronunciation note:
See nuclear.
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