denuclearize
Americanverb (used with object)
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to remove nuclear weapons from (a country, region, etc.).
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to prohibit the deployment or construction of nuclear weapons in (a country, region, etc.).
verb
Pronunciation
See nuclear.
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Origin of denuclearize
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The White House said last month that Xi and Trump "confirmed their shared goal to denuclearize North Korea" during their summit in Beijing.
From Barron's ● Jun. 7, 2026
The solution proposed by the United States and supported by Russia was to denuclearize those states that had split from the former Soviet Union but still possessed nuclear weapons.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
“We don’t insist that North Korea should first denuclearize completely before we will do anything,” Mr. Yoon said in a news conference on Wednesday.
From New York Times ● Aug. 17, 2022
U.S.-led diplomacy aimed at convincing North Korea to denuclearize in return for economic and political benefits largely has stalled since 2019.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 27, 2022
Talks between the two sides have stalled since last year over an inability to reconcile North Korea’s demands for relief from punishing sanctions and other concessions and U.S. demands for North Korea to denuclearize.
From Reuters ● Feb. 13, 2020
“We don’t just want a denuclearized North Korea,” he said.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 8, 2019
The meeting in Singapore ended with a general call by the two sides for a denuclearized Korean Peninsula, but without specific details on how that would be accomplished.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 18, 2018
The U.S. is seeking a denuclearized North Korea, while Mr. Kim has sought a permanent peace deal, international recognition and sanctions relief.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2018
“Our policy toward North Korea has not changed. We’re committed to a denuclearized North Korea.”
From Washington Post ● Jul. 5, 2018
Both would prefer a denuclearized Korean Peninsula as well as a peaceful resolution of China’s maritime disputes.
From New York Times ● Mar. 27, 2018
“The greatest significance of the memoir is how it shows how the three countries might work through their differences and toward the common goal of denuclearizing and establishing peace on the Korean peninsula.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2024
No such announcement was made as the diplomacy faded to a stalemate over easing the sanctions in return for North Korea denuclearizing.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 23, 2021
After the two sides unveiled a thin four-point agreement for reducing tensions and denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula, Biegun was charged with turning the vague statement into a road map to ending the North’s nuclear threat.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 20, 2019
Trump also says Kim has committed to denuclearizing his country, but details of how that will happen and be verified have yet to be hashed out.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 12, 2018
“If they shake the alliance for the sake of denuclearizing North Korea,” he added, “we will have an economic crisis before a security crisis.”
From New York Times ● May 4, 2018
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