denuclearize

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Recent Examples of denuclearize However, three years later, Kyiv chose to denuclearize, signing the Budapest Memorandum and transferring the weapons to Russia. Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025 Since 1992, when Seoul and Pyongyang issued an inter-Korean declaration to denuclearize the peninsula, Seoul has pursued that goal in good faith. Robert E. Kelly, Foreign Affairs, 30 Dec. 2024 Nonproliferation advocates hold that nuclear weapons should not spread anywhere, and in many cases argue that all countries that possess these weapons should denuclearize. Robert E. Kelly, Foreign Affairs, 30 Dec. 2024 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
  • Its influence extended around the world: In 2006, an advertising agency in Bogotá, Colombia, was asked by the government to research, prototype, and launch an ad campaign imploring a group of Marxist-Leninist guerrilla fighters to demobilize.
    Celine Nguyen, The Atlantic, 24 June 2025
  • Kinshasa, meanwhile, would have to facilitate the M23’s transition to a legitimate political party and help its combatants integrate into the Congolese army or demobilize.
    Joshua Z. Walker, Foreign Affairs, 17 June 2025

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“Denuclearize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/denuclearize. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.

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