total disarmament

collocation in English

meaningsoftotalanddisarmament

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total
adjective
uk
/ˈtəʊ.təl/us
/ˈtoʊ.t̬əl/
including ...
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disarmament
noun[U]
uk
/dɪˈsɑː.mə.mənt/us
/dɪˈsɑːr.mə.mənt/
the act of taking away or giving ...
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(Definition oftotalanddisarmamentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It must betotaldisarmament: all nations, great and small; and all arms, nuclear or other.
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I refer to the commitment of the paramilitary-related parties to the agreement to achieve thetotaldisarmamentof paramilitary groups.
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Never let us fail to take every opportunity to mentiontotaldisarmamentand our determination to take all stops necessary to securetotaldisarmament.
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But do not question for a moment the need fortotaldisarmament.
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The second thing is that one must puttotaldisarmamentbefore anything else.
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He believes intotaldisarmamentand a completely pacifist policy.
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I believe that strength and deterrence is the way to peace, but he believes thattotaldisarmamentis the way to it.
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I am not here to-day to say that absolute andtotaldisarmamentis possible at the present moment.
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It would he absurd to havetotaldisarmamentof the air forces and leave the naval and military forces as they are.
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This is a fact of life, and until such time astotaldisarmamenthas arrived it must continue to be so.
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I feel that it would be easier, now, to reach a measure of agreement upon a scheme oftotaldisarmament.
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Therefore, when we hear some talk of disarmament, we ought to face the fact that we cannot get security withouttotaldisarmamentin the air.
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We wish to seetotaldisarmament; we wish to see a world of peace and freedom.
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We shall never come together until we do it in the right sense and do it bytotaldisarmamentnow.
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I therefore ask for partial application of the principle oftotaldisarmamentby the abolition of certain armaments altogether.
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That was not done by abandoning any of the objectives of thetotaldisarmamentscheme.
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Do we really wanttotaldisarmamentor not?
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Again, there was an agreement—in 1992—which brought about thetotaldisarmamentand decommissioning of illegally held weaponry, in pursuit of peace.
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Natural science has made it necessary to abolish war, bytotaldisarmamentcontrolled by world authority.
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Totaldisarmamentwould involve also the creation of an effective world authority and an effective international police force, as has already been stated.
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