denuclearize

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Recent Examples of denuclearize Lee, in particular, must be ready to sacrifice the unrealistic rhetoric about fully denuclearizing North Korea and reunifying the two countries that has long dominated South Korean politics, as well as the fantasy that imposing sanctions will change North Korean behavior. John Delury, Foreign Affairs, 3 June 2025 The United States continues to pursue an official policy of completely denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula, but the goal is challenged by a North Korean nuclear weapons program that is becoming more sophisticated by the year. John Feng shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025 Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi made clear on Wednesday that Iran is open to assuring that its nuclear enrichment is kept below the levels necessary for weaponization, but would not be willing to denuclearize completely. Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 16 Apr. 2025 However, three years later, Kyiv chose to denuclearize, signing the Budapest Memorandum and transferring the weapons to Russia. Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for denuclearize
Recent Examples of Synonyms for denuclearize
demobilize
Verb
  • Analysts note that Syria’s security environment remains shaped by former jihadist networks that were never fully demobilized after the war.
    Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 31 Dec. 2025
  • In the 1970s, the Soviet Union enjoyed an advantageous shift in nuclear and conventional capabilities relative to the United States, which was demobilizing after the Vietnam War.
    Caleb Pomeroy, Foreign Affairs, 24 Dec. 2025

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“Denuclearize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/denuclearize. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.

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