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weapons inspector

weapons inspector noun: an official (originally and chiefly one working for the United Nations) whose job is to examine the potential military research sites or equipment of a given state, as a means of ensuring disarmament or assessing compliance with arms treaties etc.

Noun

weapons inspector (plural weapons inspectors)

  1. An official (originally and chiefly one working for the United Nations) whose job is to examine the potential military research sites or equipment of a given state, as a means of ensuring disarmament or assessing compliance with arms treaties etc.
    • The UN security council is edging towards a compromise resolution on Iraq demanding unfettered access for weapons inspectors to Saddam Hussein's eight presidential palaces.2002 October 10, The Guardian
    • As a United Nations weapons inspector in Iraq, I worked closely with the IAEA to investigate Iraq’s past nuclear weapons programme, and I have confidence in the IAEA’s ability to implement the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.2015, Scott Ritter, London Review of Books, volume 37, number 13

Forms of weapons inspector

pluralweapons inspectors

Questions about weapons inspector

What does weapons inspector mean?
Weapons inspector means an official (originally and chiefly one working for the United Nations) whose job is to examine the potential military research sites or equipment of a given state, as a means of ensuring disarmament or assessing compliance with arms treaties etc.
What part of speech is weapons inspector?
Weapons inspector is a noun.
What is the plural of weapons inspector?
The plural of weapons inspector is weapons inspectors.

Words near weapons inspector in the dictionary

  1. weapons
  2. weapons effect
  3. weapons effects
  4. weapons free
  5. weapons hold
  6. weapons inspector
  7. weapons inspectors
  8. weapons of mass destruction
  9. weapons of mass disruption
  10. weapons offence
  11. weapons offences

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