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denuclearizing

denuclearizing is the present participle and gerund of denuclearize.

Meaning of denuclearize

Verb

denuclearize (third-person singular simple present denuclearizes, present participle denuclearizing, simple past and past participle denuclearized)

  1. (transitive) To ban, remove or reduce the numbers of nuclear weapons in an area.
    • America’s security, and your standing as leader of the free world, will rise if you get straight to work on these looming threats rather than expending yourself in another Sisyphean attempt to achieve Israeli-Palestinian peace, denuclearize North Korea or address the root causes of Latin American...2024 November 5, Bret Stephens, “To Whom it May Concern”, in New York Times
    Synonyms:
    denuke

Questions about denuclearizing

What is denuclearizing the present participle and gerund of?
Denuclearizing is the present participle and gerund of denuclearize.

Words near denuclearizing in the dictionary

  1. denuclearization
  2. denuclearizations
  3. denuclearize
  4. denuclearized
  5. denuclearizes
  6. denuclearizing
  7. denucleate
  8. denucleated
  9. denucleates
  10. denucleating
  11. denucleation

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