Etymology

denuclearize

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Today it means: To ban, remove or reduce the numbers of nuclear weapons in an area. Full definition →

English nuclearize ← Latin dē- ← Proto-Italic *dē
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Englishnuclear
  8. Englishnuclearize
  9. English todaydenuclearize

From de- + nuclearize.

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