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I think the American people are very smart in understanding our country is very trustworthy with nuclear weapons. We've had them from the beginning. But they have also been critical for keeping the world more at peace than it would have been if it hadn't been for the American nuclear umbrella.
Haley Barbour

Meaning of "nuclear umbrella" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF NUCLEAR UMBRELLA

nuclear umbrella  [ˈnjuːklɪəʳ ʌmˈbrelə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NUCLEAR UMBRELLA

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Nuclear umbrella is a noun.
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WHAT DOES NUCLEAR UMBRELLA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Nuclear umbrella

Nuclear umbrella refers to a guarantee by a nuclear weapons state to defend a non-nuclear allied state. It is usually used for the security alliances of the United States with Japan, South Korea, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and Australia, originating with the Cold War with the Soviet Union. For some countries it was an alternative to acquiring nuclear weapons themselves; other alternatives include regional Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones or Nuclear Sharing.

Definition of nuclear umbrella in the English dictionary

The definition of nuclear umbrella in the dictionary is a guarantee from a country or state that possesses nuclear weapons to a country that does not that they will defend them.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NUCLEAR UMBRELLA


capitella
ˌkæpɪˈtelə
cerebella
ˌserɪˈbelə
cerebellar
ˌserɪˈbelə
cliff-dweller
ˈklɪfˌdwelə
dweller
ˈdwelə
expeller
ɪkˈspelə
favella
fəˈvelə
flagella
fləˈdʒelə
flagellar
fləˈdʒelə
indweller
ɪnˈdwelə
lamellar
ləˈmelə
padella
pəˈdelə
repeller
rɪˈpelə
reseller
riːˈselə
reticella
ˌretɪˈtʃelə
slum-dweller
ˈslʌmˌdwelə
terrella
teˈrelə
tessella
teˈselə
umbellar
ʌmˈbelə
yeller
ˈjelə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NUCLEAR UMBRELLA

nuclear option
nuclear physicist
nuclear physics
nuclear plant
nuclear power
nuclear power plant
nuclear power station
nuclear reaction
nuclear reactor
nuclear reprocessing plant
nuclear scientist
nuclear submarine
nuclear test
nuclear testing
nuclear threshold
nuclear transfer
nuclear warhead
nuclear waste
nuclear weapon
nuclear winter

WORDS THAT END LIKE NUCLEAR UMBRELLA

beach umbrella
Capella
chlorella
Cinderella
corella
fella
Isabella
Marbella
marcella
mozzarella
novella
paella
quadrella
salmonella
Sella
stella
subumbrella
sun umbrella
telescopic umbrella
umbrella

Synonyms and antonyms of nuclear umbrella in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «nuclear umbrella» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NUCLEAR UMBRELLA

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

Translator English - Chinese

核保护伞
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

paraguas nuclear
570 millions of speakers

English

nuclear umbrella
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

परमाणु छतरी
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

مظلة نووية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ядерный зонтик
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

guarda-chuva nuclear
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পারমাণবিক স্থানান্তর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

parapluie nucléaire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pemindahan nuklear
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Atomschirm
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

核の傘
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

핵우산
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Transfer nuklir
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chiếc ô hạt nhân
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அணுசக்தி பரிமாற்றம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आण्विक ट्रान्सफर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Nükleer transfer
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ombrello nucleare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

parasol jądrowy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ядерну парасольку
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

umbrelă nucleară
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πυρηνική ομπρέλα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kern sambreel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

nukleär paraply
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kjernefysiske paraply
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of nuclear umbrella

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NUCLEAR UMBRELLA»

The term «nuclear umbrella» is normally little used and occupies the 142.438 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NUCLEAR UMBRELLA» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about nuclear umbrella

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QUOTES WITH «NUCLEAR UMBRELLA»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word nuclear umbrella.
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Haley Barbour
I think the American people are very smart in understanding our country is very trustworthy with nuclear weapons. We've had them from the beginning. But they have also been critical for keeping the world more at peace than it would have been if it hadn't been for the American nuclear umbrella.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NUCLEAR UMBRELLA»

Discover the use of nuclear umbrella in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to nuclear umbrella and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Limited Conflicts Under the Nuclear Umbrella: Indian and ...
This report examines the views of India and Pakistan on the significance ofPakistan_s foray into the Kargil-Dras sector in a limited war that has cometo be known as the Kargil conflict.
Ashley J. Tellis, C. Christine Fair, Jamison Jo Medby, 2002
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Nuclear Disarmament in the Twenty-first Century
In the report of the Canberra Commission for the abolition of nuclear weapons, which was published in 1996 with the support of the Australian ministry of foreign affairs, there is a description that the nuclear umbrella is avoiding the nuclear ...
Wade L. Huntley, Mitsuru Kurosawa, Kazumi Mizumoto, 2005
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Nonproliferation Norms: Why States Choose Nuclear Restraint
The report authors concluded that while the French may have felt more pride because of their indigenous nuclear program, in effect it provided only a smaller nuclear umbrella under the U.S. nuclear umbrella; France did not gain “great power” ...
Maria Rost Rublee, 2009
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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
A minimum deterrent, as discussed in this article, has much in common with the Soviet Union's concept of a nuclear umbrella, but there are some significant differences: specifically, a minimum deterrent agreement might be negotiated as a ...
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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
TWO MAJOR TOPICS of discussion during 1985- the implications of President Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative and whether to extend France's nuclear umbrella—have reopened the whole question of European security: what it is, how it ...
6
Asia, the US and Extended Nuclear Deterrence: Atomic ...
psychological threshold of approving the use of nuclear weapons in a given contingency, the fact that the United States has declared a commitment to the nuclear umbrella (or, in the Australian case, at least not contradicted it) exemplifies the ...
Andrew O'Neil, 2013
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Nuclear Weapons Counterproliferation: A New Grand Bargain
the nuclear umbrella of the United States. South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and various European states with capability to produce nuclear weapons have not acquired nuclear weapons at least in part because of the US. nuclear umbrella.
Jack Garvey, 2013
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Strategy in the Second Nuclear Age: Power, Ambition, and the ...
9 Unfurling the Nuclear Umbrella The United States—Japan alliance established by the 1960 Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security (a.k.a. the United States— Japan Security Treaty) did not explicitly countenance extended deterrence or a ...
Toshi Yoshihara, James R. Holmes, 2012
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How Japan Defends Itself: Facing the Power Shifts in East Asia
How can Japan be so sure that the American nuclear umbrella will defend it? If Japan possessed nuclear weapons, wouldn't it feel more secure and independent than today? Whether or not Japan goes nuclear depends on Japan's security ...
Kumiko Ahr, 2014
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Getting to Zero: The Path to Nuclear Disarmament
That commitment is captured in the expression “nuclear umbrella,” which so readily trips off the tongues of both supporters and opponents of moving toward a nuclear-free world. In a May 2009 article in the Wall Street Journal, for example, ...
Catherine Kelleher, Judith Reppy, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NUCLEAR UMBRELLA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term nuclear umbrella is used in the context of the following news items.
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Word on the Street: The Standard for Judging the Iran Deal? Security.
... terror groups poses to Israel – and they do pose a threat – would be infinitely worse if they were protected under an Iranian nuclear umbrella. «Jewish Business News, Jul 15»
2
Use Nuclear Umbrella Against Reign of Khamenei
Nuclear treaty violator led by a “Supreme Leader," North Korea looks at South Korea the way a diabetic might look at a chocolate fountain ... «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jul 15»
3
The Iran nuclear deal and politics
My experts agreed that the United States should provide a “nuclear umbrella” that would protect them from Iranian aggression. This policy ... «Carroll Daily Times Herald, Jul 15»
4
The Left's Nuclear Fairy Tales
Though he assured the Czechs in that fantastical speech that the United States nuclear umbrella would continue to keep them safe, the ... «Commentary Magazine, Jul 15»
5
Six Strikes against the Nuclear Deal with Iran
An American attempt to provide a nuclear umbrella (“extended deterrence”) to the Gulf States in order to forestall nuclear proliferation already ... «Breaking Israel News, Jul 15»
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What Saudi Arabia Has At Stake In The Iran Nuclear Deal
And this is where I think it's still not understood within the current administration when they say that they'll give a nuclear umbrella to Saudi ... «WBFO, Jul 15»
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Comment: Strength and steel, not fear and angst
... on compensation measures to increase Israel's military edge and perhaps even reaching an arrangement for an American nuclear umbrella. «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jul 15»
8
Greek Debt Crisis Highlights Fractures in European Union
Under the American nuclear umbrella, the bloc moved adroitly to offer former dictatorships like Greece, Spain and Portugal a democratic future. «New York Times, Jul 15»
9
Facts are the conservatives worst enemy and conservatives are …
... Iran could, in the foreseeable future (20 years is the time period), continue its nefarious activities under the protection of a nuclear umbrella? «Politix, Jul 15»
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S. Korean lawmaker suggests China provide N.K. with nuclear
"Like the case between the ROK and the United States, China as a nuclear power can consider an option to provide the nuclear umbrella to ... «GlobalPost, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Nuclear umbrella [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/nuclear-umbrella>. May 2024 ».
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