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I appeal to the responsibility of the blocs and the major powers, not to seek security in the arms race, but rather in a meeting for joint disarmament and arms limitations.
Gustav Heinemann

Meaning of "arms race" in the English dictionary

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ARMS RACE

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Arms race is a noun.
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WHAT DOES ARMS RACE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Arms race

The phrase arms race, in its original usage, is a competition between two or more parties to have the best armed forces. Each party competes to produce larger numbers of weapons, greater armies, or superior military technology in a technological escalation. International conflict specialist Theresa Clair Smith, defines the term as "the participation of two or more nation-states in apparently competitive or interactive increases in quantity or quality of war material and/or persons under arms." Nowadays the term is mostly used to describe any competition where there is no absolute goal, only the relative goal of staying ahead of the other competitors, essentially the goal of proving to be "better".

Definition of arms race in the English dictionary

The definition of arms race in the dictionary is the continuing competitive attempt by two or more nations each to have available to it more and more powerful weapons than the other.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ARMS RACE

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arms inspection
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Armstrong
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Army List
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army worm

WORDS THAT END LIKE ARMS RACE

boat race
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cycle race
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human race
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space race
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the human race

Synonyms and antonyms of arms race in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «arms race» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ARMS RACE

Find out the translation of arms race to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of arms race from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «arms race» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

军备竞赛
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

carrera de armamentos
570 millions of speakers

English

arms race
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हथियारों की दौड़
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سباق التسلح
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гонка вооружений
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

corrida armamentista
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অস্ত্র জাতি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

course aux armements
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Perlumbaan senjata
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Wettrüsten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

軍拡競争
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

군비 확장 경쟁
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Perlombaan senjata
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chạy đua vũ trang
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆயுத இனம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शस्त्रास्त्र स्पर्धा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

silâhlanma yarışı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

corsa agli armamenti
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wyścig zbrojeń
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гонка озброєнь
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cursă a înarmărilor
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κούρσα εξοπλισμών
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wapenwedloop
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kapprustning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

våpenkappløp
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of arms race

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ARMS RACE»

The term «arms race» is regularly used and occupies the 60.713 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about arms race

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10 QUOTES WITH «ARMS RACE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word arms race.
1
Daniel Berrigan
The arms race is worse than it ever was, the dumping of creation down a military rat hole is worse than it ever was, the wars across the earth are worse than they ever were.
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K. Eric Drexler
My greatest concern is that the emergence of this technology without the appropriate public attention and international controls could lead to an unstable arms race.
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Dianne Feinstein
Instead of starting a new nuclear arms race, now is the time to reclaim our Nation's position of leadership on nuclear nonproliferation efforts.
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Joshua Foer
The sport of competitive memorizing is driven by a kind of arms race where every year somebody comes up with a new way to remember more stuff more quickly, and then the rest of the field has to play catch-up.
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Liam Fox
If Iran becomes a nuclear weapon state it is the end of non-proliferation as we know it. If Iran gets a nuclear weapon you are likely to see Saudi, Egypt and other countries follow suit and we will bequeath to the next generation a nuclear arms race in the world's most unstable region.
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Mikhail Gorbachev
We could only solve our problems by cooperating with other countries. It would have been paradoxical not to cooperate. And therefore we needed to put an end to the Iron Curtain, to change the nature of international relations, to rid them of ideological confrontation, and particularly to end the arms race.
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Gustav Heinemann
I appeal to the responsibility of the blocs and the major powers, not to seek security in the arms race, but rather in a meeting for joint disarmament and arms limitations.
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Annie Jacobsen
In 1957, with the arms race in full swing, the Department of Defense had decided it was just a matter of time before an airplane transporting an atomic bomb would crash on American soil, unleashing a radioactive disaster the likes of which the world had never seen.
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Herman Kahn
World War I broke out largely because of an arms race, and World War II because of the lack of an arms race.
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Pauline Neville-Jones
To a considerable extent we are faced by a technology arms race with terrorists. The communications revolution has made it easier for terrorist groups to reach out to vulnerable individuals with their violent extremist ideology and propaganda. It has also facilitated fundraising, recruitment and training.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ARMS RACE»

Discover the use of arms race in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to arms race and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Beginnings of the Cold War Arms Race: The Truman ...
Relates the history of the Cold War arms build-up of 1950-1951, from the perspective of the Truman administration.
Raymond P. Ojserkis, 2003
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The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race ...
This is the fascinating story of how Reagan, Gorbachev, and a previously unheralded collection of scientists, soldiers, diplomats, and spies changed the course of history. From the Trade Paperback edition.
David Hoffman, 2009
3
The Global Sporting Arms Race: An International Comparative ...
Over the last few decades the power struggle between nations to win medals in major international competitions has intensified.
Jerry Bingham, Simon Shibli, 2008
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Weapons of Peace: The Nuclear Arms Race
Discusses the development of nuclear weapons, the race for nuclear supremacy, deployment of these weapons during the Cold War, and disarmament.
Craig E. Blohm, 2003
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Preventing a Biochemical Arms Race
By bringing together a wide range of historical material and current literature in the field of CBW arms control, the book reveals how these two disparate fields might be integrated to precipitate a biochemical arms race among major powers, ...
Alexander Kelle, Kathryn Nixdorff, Malcolm Dando, 2012
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Cry Havoc: How the Arms Race Drove the World to War, 1931-1941
Did the arms race of the 1930s cause the Second World War?In Cry Havoc, historian Joseph Maiolo shows, in rich and fascinating detail, how the deadly game of the arms race was played out in the decade prior to the outbreak of the Second ...
Joseph Maiolo, 2010
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War in Heaven: The Arms Race in Outer Space
Provides a revealing study of the U.S. government's plan to put weapons into outer space, examining military uses of space from a historical perspective, the current program that would put kinetic, laser, nuclear bombardment, and anti ...
Helen Caldicott, Craig R. Eisendrath, 2007
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Science, technology, and the nuclear arms race
A comprehensive survey of the nuclear arms race from a technological point of view, which will appeal to the scientist and non-scientist alike.
Dietrich Schroeer, 1984
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An Arms Race in Post-cold War Southeast Asia?: Prospects for ...
Definitions Although there is a vast body of literature on the "arms race phenomenon",8 few scholars have sought to develop the notion beyond the familiar East-West strategic nuclear paradigm of the Cold War era. But a helpful starting point is ...
Amitav Acharya, 1994
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Beam weapons: the next arms race
Examines the development of laser and particle beam weapons and discusses the potential impact of these weapons on the arms race and balance of power With unparalleled clarity, Jeff Hecht explains the problems met in trying to build laser ...
Jeff Hecht, 1984

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ARMS RACE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term arms race is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Evolutionary Arms Race between Caterpillars and Spicy Mustard
Caterpillars are extremely hard-headed: they would develop their own detoxifying mechanism to defend themselves againts repellants ... «Apex Tribune, Jul 15»
2
Asia's Lethal Naval Arms Race
Claims that a destabilizing 'arms race' is underway in the Asia–Pacific have become commonplace and are supported by reports that regional ... «The National Interest Online, Jul 15»
3
Hyper hatch arms race: next Mercedes-AMG A45 will get 400bhp+
The next-generation Mercedes-AMG A45 will get more than 400bhp, according to Tobias Moers, Chief Executive of Mercedes-AMG. Speaking ... «AutoExpress, Jul 15»
4
You Are A Citizen Scientist Researcher In The Genetic Arms Race
Every time you put on bug spray this summer, you're another front in the ongoing war between humans and mosquitoes - and being a citizen ... «Science 2.0, Jul 15»
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A 21st Century Submarines arms race could see numbers …
If there were an escalation of the submarine arms race that is currently beginning and the shift to low cost Air independent diesel submarines ... «Next Big Future, Jul 15»
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A post-Cold War arms race is a strategic mistake
Rhetoric about nuclear weapons is heating up between Washington and Moscow, but there is no need to reinstate the foolish and wasteful ... «Stars and Stripes, Jun 15»
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Evolutionary arms race created flavors like wasabi
The sharp flavors in wasabi and mustard exist thanks to an evolutionary battle waged for millions of years between plants such as cabbage, ... «Science Now, Jun 15»
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Iranian nuclear deal could start arms race in Mideast: Bobby Jindal
"This President, in search of a legacy, could start a nuclear arms race in the Middle East. The Sunni countries, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey ... «Times of India, Jun 15»
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Iranian nuclear deal could start arms race in Mid-East: Jindal
"This President, in search of a legacy, could start a nuclear arms race in the Middle East. The Sunni countries, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey ... «Business Standard, Jun 15»
10
Obama, in search of legacy, could start arms race in Middle East …
"This President, in search of a legacy, could start a nuclear arms race in the Middle East. The Sunni countries, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey ... «Firstpost, Jun 15»

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