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de⋅nu⋅cle⋅ar⋅ize

  [dee-noo-klee-uh-rahyz, -nyoo- or, by metathesis, -kyuh-luh-]
Use denuclearize 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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de·nu·cle·ar·ize   (dē-nōō'klē-ə-rīz', -nyōō'-)   
v.   de·nu·cle·ar·ized, de·nu·cle·ar·iz·ing, de·nu·cle·ar·iz·es

v.   tr.
To remove or ban nuclear weapons from: a proposal to denuclearize Europe.
v.   intr.
To reduce or eliminate a store of nuclear weapons.
de·nu'cle·ar·i·za'tion (-ər-ĭ-zā'shən) n.
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