dismantlement
Americannoun
plural
dismantlementsExample Sentences
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South Africa’s nuclear dismantlement during its transition from apartheid to democracy in the early 1990s offers a positive counterexample.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026
The plant is a key site for the assembly, dismantlement and maintenance of US nuclear weapons.
From BBC • Feb. 28, 2024
Senate had recently passed a bill—named for its sponsors, Democrat Sam Nunn and Republican Richard Lugar—to pay for the cleanup and dismantlement of nuclear weapons throughout the former Soviet Union.
From Slate • Jan. 26, 2024
It predicted that the rising influence of non-nuclear proliferation treaties and national efforts should increase the number of warheads in storage or awaiting dismantlement.
From Reuters • Apr. 4, 2022
Several others were in various stages of dismantlement in the corner, and bits of chain were scattered across the table.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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