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disarmament Definition

dis·ar·ma·ment (-är′mə mənt)

noun

  1. the act of disarming
  2. the reduction of armed forces and armaments, as to a limitation set by treaty

disarmament Synonyms

disarmament

n.

reduction of armaments, arms reduction, demobilization, disbanding, disablement, disabling, disqualification, disqualifying, crippling, unilateral or multilateral disarmament, incapacitating, rendering powerless, paralyzing, pacification, laying down of arms, de-escalation, demilitarization, nuclear freeze, subjugation, occupation, conquest, neutralizing, beating swords into plowshares.

Antonyms training*, armament*, escalation.

disarmament Usage Examples

Preposition: of

weapon: Disarmament of heavy weapons is beginning here in the north tomorrow.

Converse of object

  • verify: The UN Special Commission was charged with verifying the disarmament.
  • pursue: Nevertheless, the UK's commitment to its obligations to pursue nuclear disarmament has been shown in significant ways to be limited.
  • achieve: Even now, we are prepared to go the extra step to achieve disarmament peacefully.
  • promote: Mr Mello also met with a number of MEPs - gaining messages of support that will be used to promote disarmament in the US.
  • advance: We have also dedicated ourselves to the hard, slow, painstaking work of advancing disarmament at the multilateral level.
  • advocate: Yet the man was advocating disarmament and ways and means by which war might be stopped!

Adjective modifier

  • nuclear: Our purpose is to promote support for nuclear disarmament within the Labor Party.
  • multilateral: There is positive evidence, for example, that public opinion would support the UK taking a leading part in multilateral nuclear disarmament.
  • unilateral: In the past, British parliamentary debates have tended to become divided on the issue of unilateral nuclear disarmament.
  • timebound: The text repeats calls for a phased program of nuclear disarmament, referring to past calls for timebound nuclear disarmament only in the preamble.
  • verifiable: It seems undeniable that Saddam was in breach of earlier UN resolutions that required verifiable disarmament after the 1991 Gulf War.
  • Iraqi: Former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter: on Iraqi disarmament, the humanitarian situation and his film ( 3 August 2000 ).

Modifies a noun

  • diplomacy: Disarmament Diplomacy is published around 6 times per year.
  • obligation: What do the treaty's disarmament obligations mean for us?
  • treaty: The template of disarmament treaties has evolved over time.
  • fora: The voice of NGOs must be heard in all disarmament fora however inconvenient and awkward it may be to some governments.
  • negotiation: They must give a new impetus to the disarmament negotiations.
  • machinery: The Conference on Disarmament was created in 1961 as a centerpiece in the nuclear disarmament machinery.

Noun used with modifier

chemical: The Convention has made significant contributions to worldwide efforts toward chemical disarmament.