Definition of "nuclearize" [nuclearize]

• To equip with nuclear weapons. (verb-transitive)

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• "Yes, they're going to have to hand that over at some point because we made an agreement with the North Koreans will they will get de - nuclearize, that is they will get rid of all their nuclear programs, all their weapons so they're going to have to hand that over but frankly that is going to be at a later stage."
• "We are heading slowly to a time when North and South, plus all comers, will have to nuclearize and militarize further the DMZ, their nations, and the region."
• "As a leading Pakistani columnist reported, during a recent meeting held for journalists, a senior military official complained that the real American strategy vis-à-vis Pakistan was to "de-nuclearize Pakistan.""