denuclearizations

 [dee-noo-klee-uh-rahyz, -nyoo- or, by metathesis, -kyuh-luh-]  

de·nu·cle·ar·ize

   [dee-noo-klee-uh-rahyz, -nyoo- or, by metathesis, -kyuh-luh-]
verb (used with object), de·nu·cle·ar·ized, de·nu·cle·ar·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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