noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
nuclear disarmament
unilateral disarmament (= when one country gets rid of its own nuclear weapons without waiting for other countries to do the same )
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
nuclear
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She spoke frequently in the Debating Society in favour of progressive causes such as abortion, animal rights, state education and nuclear disarmament .
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He had seen total nuclear disarmament in the grasp of his President, then seen it slip away.
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Might this not be the moment to give nuclear disarmament a push, by keeping the test-ban promise?
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Throughout the world they are the banner bearers of the struggles for unilateral nuclear disarmament .
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Would it be safe in the hands of a party two thirds of whose members are committed to one-sided nuclear disarmament ?
unilateral
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If we go along with the present approach we shall have unilateral economic disarmament and many crucial matters will be decided elsewhere.
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Throughout the world they are the banner bearers of the struggles for unilateral nuclear disarmament .
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Their new Social Democratic Party favoured multilateral disarmament as opposed to unilateral nuclear disarmament.
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Not so long ago Mr Kinnock was strongly committed to unilateral disarmament .
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As late as last year a narrow conference majority wanted to hold the party to unilateral nuclear disarmament .
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Here Mr Kinnock should set out clearly why, in the Gorbachev era, negotiated rather than unilateral disarmament is almost always preferable.
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The executive is recommending rejection of a motion calling for unilateral disarmament .
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This was solved by the nuclear genes enforcing their preference for peace through unilateral disarmament .
■ NOUN
treaty
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The challenge for the negotiators was as great as for any disarmament treaty .
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And it could monitor the implementation of disarmament treaties .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Far from being a defeat, Reykjavik was a milepost, a turning point in disarmament negotiations.
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He said that he thought it wrong to encourage a military spirit, and that it was contrary to the ideals of disarmament .
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If we go along with the present approach we shall have unilateral economic disarmament and many crucial matters will be decided elsewhere.
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The spiritual and physical disarmament of all nations has been one of its essential teachings.
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This is because there is no organised nuclear peace movement in the subcontinent to provide a focus for the disarmament constituency.
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Throughout the world they are the banner bearers of the struggles for unilateral nuclear disarmament .
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Unilateral disarmament for Britain was the policy of the right hon. Gentleman.