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testban
test ban
noun
an agreement by nations producing nuclear weapons to refrain from testing them in the atmosphere.
Origin:
1955–60
Related forms
test-ban,
adjective
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test ban
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n
an agreement among nations to forgo tests of some or all types of nuclear weapons
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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