denuclearize
verb
de·nu·cle·ar·ize
(ˈ)dē-ˈn(y)ü-klē-ə-ˌrīz 
nonstandard
-kyə-lə-ˌrīz
denuclearized; denuclearizing
: to remove nuclear arms from : prohibit the use of nuclear arms in
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Nonproliferation advocates hold that nuclear weapons should not spread anywhere, and in many cases argue that all countries that possess these weapons should denuclearize.
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Robert E. Kelly, Foreign Affairs, 30 Dec. 2024
Trump made security guarantees to Kim, who reaffirmed his pledge to fully denuclearize the Korean peninsula.
—Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 12 June 2024
Pyongyang depends heavily on Beijing for energy, food, and most of its meager trade with the outside world, and so successive U.S. administrations have tried to enlist the Chinese in their attempts to denuclearize North Korea.
—Oriana Skylar Mastro, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2017
In 2009, under President Barack Obama, Washington tried diplomacy again to persuade Pyongyang to denuclearize.
—Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2023
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Robert E. Kelly, Foreign Affairs, 30 Dec. 2024
Trump made security guarantees to Kim, who reaffirmed his pledge to fully denuclearize the Korean peninsula.
—Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 12 June 2024
Pyongyang depends heavily on Beijing for energy, food, and most of its meager trade with the outside world, and so successive U.S. administrations have tried to enlist the Chinese in their attempts to denuclearize North Korea.
—Oriana Skylar Mastro, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2017
In 2009, under President Barack Obama, Washington tried diplomacy again to persuade Pyongyang to denuclearize.
—Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2023
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“Denuclearize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/denuclearize. Accessed 14 Jan. 2025.
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