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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To supply with nuclear weapons or deploy nuclear weapons in.

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  • verb transitive To arm with nuclear weapons.

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Examples

  • Yes, they're going to have to hand that over at some point because we made an agreement with the North Koreans will they will get de - nuclearize, that is they will get rid of all their nuclear programs, all their weapons so they're going to have to hand that over but frankly that is going to be at a later stage.

    CNN Transcript Jun 22, 2007 2007

  • We are heading slowly to a time when North and South, plus all comers, will have to nuclearize and militarize further the DMZ, their nations, and the region.

    Bernard Rowan: Oh, My Korea Bernard Rowan 2011

  • As a leading Pakistani columnist reported, during a recent meeting held for journalists, a senior military official complained that the real American strategy vis-à-vis Pakistan was to "de-nuclearize Pakistan."

    Aparna Pande: WikiLeaks Exposes Pakistan's Rhetoric Aparna Pande 2010

  • As a leading Pakistani columnist reported, during a recent meeting held for journalists, a senior military official complained that the real American strategy vis-à-vis Pakistan was to "de-nuclearize Pakistan."

    Aparna Pande: WikiLeaks Exposes Pakistan's Rhetoric Aparna Pande 2010

  • As a leading Pakistani columnist reported, during a recent meeting held for journalists, a senior military official complained that the real American strategy vis-à-vis Pakistan was to "de-nuclearize Pakistan."

    Aparna Pande: WikiLeaks Exposes Pakistan's Rhetoric Aparna Pande 2010

  • As a leading Pakistani columnist reported, during a recent meeting held for journalists, a senior military official complained that the real American strategy vis-à-vis Pakistan was to "de-nuclearize Pakistan."

    Aparna Pande: WikiLeaks Exposes Pakistan's Rhetoric Aparna Pande 2010

  • Rather than de-nuclearize North Korea, assist South Korea and Japan to develop their own.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » On Obama’s Nobel 2009

  • March 30th, 2009 at 6:57 pm selise, It makes a good deal of sense until you try to figure out how you de-nuclearize a region.

    No Half Measures | ATTACKERMAN 2009

  • Perceived lack of security, unfairness or disrespect may drive governments to nuclearize.

    Alyn Ware: Thinking the Unthinkable on Nuclear Policy 2009

  • If North Korea does de-nuclearize, it will go down as a triumph of Chinese mediation.

    NORTH KOREA HOLD 'EM 2007

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