denuclearize

 [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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opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
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denuclearize or denuclearise (dɪˈnjuːklɪəˌraɪz)
 
—vb
(tr) to deprive (a country, state, etc) of nuclear weapons
 
denuclearise or denuclearise
 
—vb
 
denucleari'zation or denuclearise
 
—n
 
denucleari'sation or denuclearise
 
—n

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