nuclear-free zone
collocation in Englishmeaningsofnuclear-freeandzone
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nuclear-free
adjective
uk/ˌnjuː.klɪəˈfriː/us/ˌnuː.klɪrˈfriː/
A nuclear-free area is one in which nuclear weapons and nuclear energy are ...
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zone
noun[C]
uk/zəʊn/us/zoʊn/
an area, especially one that is different from the areas around it because it has different characteristics or is used for ...
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(Definition ofnuclear-freeandzonefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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My constituency is anuclear-freezone.
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That is not what thenuclear-freezoneexercise involved.
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It will be like thenuclear-freezonesign.
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I agree that "nuclear-freezone" is a better expression.
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Thirdly, there is thenuclear-freezonenonsense.
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Then, under the system of deterrence, we would indeed be an effectivenuclear-freezone.
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I wondered for a minute what the words "nuclear-freezone" were intended to mean.
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We have spent money putting upnuclear-freezonesigns throughout the borough.
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He suggested that our continent would be safer were there to be anuclear-freezone.
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We believe that the idealnuclear-freezoneis a nuclear-free world.
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Local authorities, the emergency services and thenuclear-freezonemovement feel very strongly about that.
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For some time that republic has sought to establish itself as anuclear-freezone.
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That is what declaring an area (a borough) anuclear-freezoneinvolves.
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It has found the money to make the city anuclear-freezone.
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It does not cost anything to administer anuclear-freezone.
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I had referred to anuclear-freezoneand an area of controlled disarmament.
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In addition, the council has consistently refused to cost itsnuclear-freezonepolicy.
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When it sought independence it also sought to see itself as anuclear-freezone.
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I went to the conference of the so-callednuclear-freezoneauthorities.
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I refer to this ridiculousnuclear-freezoneprogramme which the county councils are putting about.
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The same council'snuclear-freezoneis said to cost £95,000.
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I ask him to understand that anuclear-freezoneis really a meaningless concept.
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They can be moved back into a papernuclear-freezonein no time at all.
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We have a peace garden and are anuclear-freezone—and proud of it.
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A further cynical posturing by that council is to declare itself anuclear-freezone.
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