denuclearize

denuclearize
/dee nooh"klee euh ruyz', -nyooh"-/ or, by metathesis, /-kyeuh leuh-/, v.t., denuclearized, denuclearizing.
1. to remove nuclear weapons from (a country, region, etc.).
2. to prohibit the deployment or construction of nuclear weapons in (a country, region, etc.).
Also, esp. Brit., denuclearise.
[1955-60; DE- + NUCLEAR + -IZE]

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