Disarmament
noun
The act of reducing, limiting, or abolishing weapons.
Nuclear disarmament is a crucial step towards achieving world peace.
Often appears as...
- nuclear disarmament
- arms disarmament
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Formal
Academic
noun
The act of taking weapons away from a person, force, or country.
The disarmament of the rebel groups led to a decrease in civil unrest.
Often appears as...
- forced disarmament
- voluntary disarmament
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Formal
noun
The act of reducing, limiting, or abolishing weapons.
Nuclear disarmament is a crucial step towards achieving world peace.
Often appears as...
- nuclear disarmament
- arms disarmament
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
noun
The act of taking weapons away from a person, force, or country.
The disarmament of the rebel groups led to a decrease in civil unrest.
Often appears as...
- forced disarmament
- voluntary disarmament
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Geopolitical Term
Often used in the context of international relations and treaties.
The treaty for the disarmament of the region was signed by 20 countries.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Connotation
Implies a peaceful intention or outcome, often seen as a moral step.
The global disarmament initiative was lauded as a move towards a safer world.
Pro Tip 3/3Misunderstandings
Don't confuse with 'disarm' which means to take weapons from someone or something directly.
Disarmament focuses on the broad removal of arms, not just taking a weapon from an individual.
Pro Tip 1/3Geopolitical Term
Often used in the context of international relations and treaties.
The treaty for the disarmament of the region was signed by 20 countries.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Connotation
Implies a peaceful intention or outcome, often seen as a moral step.
The global disarmament initiative was lauded as a move towards a safer world.
Pro Tip 3/3Misunderstandings
Don't confuse with 'disarm' which means to take weapons from someone or something directly.
Disarmament focuses on the broad removal of arms, not just taking a weapon from an individual.
Pro Tip 1/3Geopolitical Term
Often used in the context of international relations and treaties.
The treaty for the disarmament of the region was signed by 20 countries.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Connotation
Implies a peaceful intention or outcome, often seen as a moral step.
The global disarmament initiative was lauded as a move towards a safer world.
Pro Tip 3/3Misunderstandings
Don't confuse with 'disarm' which means to take weapons from someone or something directly.
Disarmament focuses on the broad removal of arms, not just taking a weapon from an individual.
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How does the Nobel Peace...
Disarmament, peace congresses, and brotherhood between nations. These standards have since been expanded to include other ways of promoting peace, such as human rights and negotiations. And the prize doesn't just have to go to one person. About a third of Noble Peace Prizes have been shared
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Debate: Does the world...
he says, "I'm not trying to be pro-nuclear. I'm just pro-arithmetic." In terms of weapons, the best disarmament tool so far is nuclear energy. We have been taking down
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How does the Nobel Peace...
Disarmament, peace congresses, and brotherhood between nations. These standards have since been expanded to include other ways of promoting peace, such as human rights and negotiations. And the prize doesn't just have to go to one person. About a third of Noble Peace Prizes have been shared
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Debate: Does the world...
he says, "I'm not trying to be pro-nuclear. I'm just pro-arithmetic." In terms of weapons, the best disarmament tool so far is nuclear energy. We have been taking down
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Goran Persson
Swedish Politician
Poverty must be eradicated, the resources of our planet used sustainably, human rights respected, equality between men and women strengthened, HIV/AIDS and other diseases prevented, terrorism stopped, and disarmament and non-proliferation secured.
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Hans Blix
Swedish Diplomat
Iraq did not spontaneously opt for disarmament. They did it as part of a ceasefire, so they were forced to do it, otherwise the war might have gone on. So the motivation has been very different.
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John Chilcot
British Public Servant
We have concluded that the U.K. chose to join the invasion of Iraq before the peaceful options for disarmament had been exhausted. Military action at that time was not a last resort.
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Ban Ki-moon
South Korean Leader
The burden for achieving disarmament cannot be borne by peace groups alone. Everybody, regardless of age, income, profession, gender or nationality, has a stake in this quest.
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Gustav Heinemann
German Politician
I appeal to the responsibility of the blocs and the major powers, not to seek security in the arms race, but rather in a meeting for joint disarmament and arms limitations.
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Ludwig Quidde
German Critic
The relationship of the two problems is rather the reverse. To a great extent disarmament is dependent on guarantees of peace. Security comes first and disarmament second.
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Arthur Henderson
British Politician
It has become impossible to give up the enterprise of disarmament without abandoning the whole great adventure of building up a collective peace system.
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Menachem Begin
Israeli Politician
The ancient Jewish people gave the world the vision of eternal peace, of universal disarmament, of abolishing the teaching and learning of war.
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E. B. White
American Writer
The world organization debates disarmament in one room and, in the next room, moves the knights and pawns that make national arms imperative.
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Bernard Baruch
American Businessman
If the history of the past fifty years teaches us anything, it is that peace does not follow disarmament - disarmament follows peace.
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Goran Persson
Swedish Politician
Poverty must be eradicated, the resources of our planet used sustainably, human rights respected, equality between men and women strengthened, HIV/AIDS and other diseases prevented, terrorism stopped, and disarmament and non-proliferation secured.
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Hans Blix
Swedish Diplomat
Iraq did not spontaneously opt for disarmament. They did it as part of a ceasefire, so they were forced to do it, otherwise the war might have gone on. So the motivation has been very different.
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John Chilcot
British Public Servant
We have concluded that the U.K. chose to join the invasion of Iraq before the peaceful options for disarmament had been exhausted. Military action at that time was not a last resort.
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Ban Ki-moon
South Korean Leader
The burden for achieving disarmament cannot be borne by peace groups alone. Everybody, regardless of age, income, profession, gender or nationality, has a stake in this quest.
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Gustav Heinemann
German Politician
I appeal to the responsibility of the blocs and the major powers, not to seek security in the arms race, but rather in a meeting for joint disarmament and arms limitations.
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Ludwig Quidde
German Critic
The relationship of the two problems is rather the reverse. To a great extent disarmament is dependent on guarantees of peace. Security comes first and disarmament second.
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Arthur Henderson
British Politician
It has become impossible to give up the enterprise of disarmament without abandoning the whole great adventure of building up a collective peace system.
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Menachem Begin
Israeli Politician
The ancient Jewish people gave the world the vision of eternal peace, of universal disarmament, of abolishing the teaching and learning of war.
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E. B. White
American Writer
The world organization debates disarmament in one room and, in the next room, moves the knights and pawns that make national arms imperative.
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Bernard Baruch
American Businessman
If the history of the past fifty years teaches us anything, it is that peace does not follow disarmament - disarmament follows peace.
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