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demilitarization
noun as in disarmament
Example Sentences
“We are acting to prevent the Syrian regime from harming the Druze and to ensure the demilitarization of the area adjacent to our border with Syria,” he added.
Will he settle for cashiering Iran’s nuclear program, insist on its de facto demilitarization, demand "regime change?"
While the second phase of the ceasefire/hostage deal only calls for an end to the war and full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza along with completed hostage-prisoner exchanges, Israel is additionally demanding Hamas disarmament and exile, and demilitarization of Gaza.
J Street’s idea of a fix is that the U.S. government will initiate a plan for “specific steps Palestinians must take to revitalize and reinvent their government with new leadership committed to addressing corruption, demilitarization, renouncing terror and violence, and reaffirming recognition of Israel.”
Under such a scenario, Palestinians as a group would dedicate themselves to cooperation, non-resistance and — in effect, given the one-sided requirement of “demilitarization” — acceptance of Zionist rights to control Palestine.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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