Definition of Arms control

1. Noun. A limitation on the size and armament of the armed forces of a country.

Generic synonyms: Limitation, Restriction

Lexicographical Neighbors of Arms Control

armpieces
armpit
armpit hair
armpit hairs
armpithair
armpithairs
armpits
armrack
armracks
armrest
armrests
arms
arms-runner
arms control (current term)
arms deal
arms factory
arms industry
arms manufacturer
arms race
arms races
armsaye
armsayes
armscye
armscyes
armsful
armshield
armshields
armstrongite

Literary usage of Arms control

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. NATO's Future: Toward a New Transatlantic Bargain by Stanley R. Sloan (1995)
"arms control. In 1984, the outlook for arms control in Europe was bleak. The Reagan administration's arms control philosophy, premised on the judgment that ..."

2. NATO in the Fifth Decade by Keith Dunn, Stephen Flanagan (1992)
"Given the relative importance of arms control in Western security policy, and given the expectations of a large segment of the population regarding arms ..."

3. Defense Policy in the Reagan Administration edited by William P. Snyder, James Brown (1997)
"In the arenas of defense policy, nuclear strategy, and arms control, a President's ... For the United States, no less than for other states, arms control in ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"This latter committee's panel on arms control, under Senator Albert Gore (D-Tenn.), held hearings again this year on the ABM, MIRV (multiple warhead ..."

5. Scientists, Engineers, and Track-Two Diplomacy: A Half-Century of U.S by Glenn E. Schweitzer (2004)
"INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND arms control As US-Soviet relations deteriorated with the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 and the Soviet downing of a ..."

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