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Synonyms for arms race
arm·s race
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Princeton's WordNet
arms racenoun
a competition between nations to have the most powerful armaments
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We can't keep replacing insecticides every (few) years forever, in the long run we need an exit from this arms race. Either that, or we need to tone down the (insecticide) coverage.
Getting a bad deal with Iran is the worst possible outcome because it's going to start a nuclear arms race, and under the agreement they're talking about, you're ensuring they're going to become a nuclear power, the goal was to dismantle their program.
Israel Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon:
This of course challenges us, too, and here there is enormous importance to preserving what is called the State of Israel's 'qualitative edge' in the face of this regional arms race.
As President, I will immediately begin work to end this new Cold War and nuclear arms race, end our interventionist foreign policy of carrying out wasteful regime change wars, and instead redirect our precious resources towards serving the needs of the people right here at home.
As leader of the USSR, he worked with President (Ronald) Reagan to reduce our two countries' nuclear arsenals, to the relief of people worldwide praying for an end to the nuclear arms race.
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- سباق تسلحArabic
- Rüstungswettlauf, WettrüstenGerman
- vetarmadoEsperanto
- carrera de armamentosSpanish
- võidurelvastumineEstonian
- kilpavarusteluFinnish
- course aux armementsFrench
- מירוץ חימושHebrew
- fegyverkezési versenyHungarian
- corsa agli armamenti, corsa al riarmoItalian
- 軍備拡張競争, 軍拡競争Japanese
- 軍備競爭, 군비 경쟁Korean
- wyścig zbrojeńPolish
- corrida armamentícia, corrida armamentistaPortuguese
- гонка вооруженийRussian
- kapprustningSwedish
- silâhlanma yarışıTurkish
- 军备竞赛Chinese
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