test ban
an agreement by nations producing nuclear weapons to refrain from testing them in the atmosphere.
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- test-ban, adjective
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How to use test ban in a sentence
In this period we have taken more steps toward peace--including the test ban treaty--than at any time since the cold war began.
We must end the race to create new nuclear weapons by signing a truly comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty--this year.
A refinement of the comprehensive test ban treaty of 1963 extended the prohibition on arms control to underground testing.
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British Dictionary definitions for test ban
an agreement among nations to forgo tests of some or all types of nuclear weapons
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