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nuclear umbrella

nuclear umbrella noun: a guarantee by a nuclear weapons state to defend a non-nuclear allied state.

Noun

nuclear umbrella (plural nuclear umbrellas)

  1. A guarantee by a nuclear weapons state to defend a non-nuclear allied state.

Forms of nuclear umbrella

pluralnuclear umbrellas

Questions about nuclear umbrella

What does nuclear umbrella mean?
Nuclear umbrella means a guarantee by a nuclear weapons state to defend a non-nuclear allied state.
What part of speech is nuclear umbrella?
Nuclear umbrella is a noun.
What is the plural of nuclear umbrella?
The plural of nuclear umbrella is nuclear umbrellas.

Words near nuclear umbrella in the dictionary

  1. nuclear test
  2. nuclear testing
  3. nuclear tests
  4. nuclear triad
  5. nuclear triads
  6. nuclear umbrella
  7. nuclear umbrellas
  8. nuclear war
  9. nuclear warfare
  10. nuclear wars
  11. nuclear waste

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