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Since 1992, when Seoul and Pyongyang issued an inter-Korean declaration to denuclearize the peninsula, Seoul has pursued that goal in good faith.
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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
Flashback: Trump made two dramatic moves in the nuclear arena in his first term — pulling out of the 2015 Iran deal, and holding two summits to try to convince North Korea's Kim Jong-un to denuclearize.
—Dave Lawler, Axios, 11 Mar. 2025
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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
Flashback: Trump made two dramatic moves in the nuclear arena in his first term — pulling out of the 2015 Iran deal, and holding two summits to try to convince North Korea's Kim Jong-un to denuclearize.
—Dave Lawler, Axios, 11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for denuclearize
demobilize
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In 2002, concerted pressure from donors, as well as leadership from South Africa and the United Nations, led to a comprehensive peace deal that reunified the country, demobilized 130,000 soldiers, and ushered in a new, democratic constitution and elections.—
Joshua Z. Walker,
Foreign Affairs,
17 June 2025
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Police eventually demobilized around 3 a.m. Tuesday.—
Tom Tapp,
Deadline,
10 June 2025
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“Denuclearize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/denuclearize. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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