denuclearise

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A form of denuclearize — To ban, remove or reduce the numbers of nuclear weapons in an area.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

verbdenuclearise (third-person singular simple present denuclearises, present participle denuclearising, simple past and past participle denuclearised)

present singular third person denuclearises · participle present denuclearising · participle past denuclearised · past denuclearised

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of denuclearize.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Englishnuclearise
  8. Englishdenuclearise

From de- + nuclearise.

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APA

denuclearise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/denuclearise

MLA

“denuclearise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/denuclearise. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “denuclearise,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/denuclearise.

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