Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act of laying down arms, especially the reduction or abolition of a nation's military forces and armaments.
- noun The condition of being disarmed.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of disarming; the reduction of military and naval forces from a war to a peace footing: as, a general disarmament is much to be desired.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of disarming.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
reduction or theabolition of themilitary forces andarmaments of a nation, and of itscapability to wagewar
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun act of reducing or depriving of arms
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Examples
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Reducing anger and jealousy on an individual level - what he termed 'inner disarmament' leads to 'external disarmament' on a wider level, he said.
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Reducing anger and jealousy on an individual level - what he termed 'inner disarmament' leads to 'external disarmament' on a wider level, he said.
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Attempting to de-link nonproliferation from disarmament is a fool's game.
Russ Wellen: Would Sweeping Disarmament on Our Part Impress Iran? Russ Wellen 2010
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Attempting to de-link nonproliferation from disarmament is a fool's game.
Russ Wellen: Would Sweeping Disarmament on Our Part Impress Iran? Russ Wellen 2010
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"I think a verbal disarmament is absolutely necessary" when talking about global exchange rates, said Axel Weber, who is also president of Germany's Bundesbank.
Dollar Falls, Hitting 15-Year Low Against Yen Andrew J. Johnson 2010
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Attempting to de-link nonproliferation from disarmament is a fool's game.
Russ Wellen: Would Sweeping Disarmament on Our Part Impress Iran? Russ Wellen 2010
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Attempting to de-link nonproliferation from disarmament is a fool's game.
Russ Wellen: Would Sweeping Disarmament on Our Part Impress Iran? Russ Wellen 2010
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Attempting to de-link nonproliferation from disarmament is a fool's game.
Russ Wellen: Would Sweeping Disarmament on Our Part Impress Iran? Russ Wellen 2010
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Attempting to de-link nonproliferation from disarmament is a fool's game.
Russ Wellen: Would Sweeping Disarmament on Our Part Impress Iran? Russ Wellen 2010
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Attempting to de-link nonproliferation from disarmament is a fool's game.
Russ Wellen: Would Sweeping Disarmament on Our Part Impress Iran? Russ Wellen 2010
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