Synonyms for arms control
arms con·trol

Princeton's WordNet

1. arms controlnoun

   a limitation on the size and armament of the armed forces of a country

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1. • Limitation

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1. Lynn Rusten:

   We are heading into a direction we have not been in in 40 years : no arms control limits or rules that we are both following and that is very dangerous.

2. Benjamin Weinthal:

   The number of Christians in Iran is estimated at between 200,000 and 500,000, out of an overall population of nearly 78 million. Although the Islamic Republic’s constitution guarantees on paper that Christianity, Judaism, and Zoroastrianism are protected religions, the application of Sharia Law — or Islamic Law — relegates the members of the minority religions to second class citizens. The historical term for a subjugated non-Muslim religious minority member living in an Islamic society is dhimmi. In response to multiple FoxNews.com media queries about the convicted Iranian Christians, Hamid Babaei, head of the press office in the Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations in New York, declined to comment. Saba Farzan said the latest crackdown is further affirmation that the current talks between the U.S. and Iran on lifting economic sanctions in exchange for guarantees Iran won't pursue nuclear weapons can not proceed in good faith. They never made sense and never will, Saba Farzan said. The West can't discuss arms control with a leadership that oppresses religious minorities and human rights activists.

3. Heino Klinck:

   If you look at Secretary Blinken's recent speech, obviously, the administration is looking where possible for opportunities to cooperate [with China], i think even if anopportunity for some sort of cooperative arms control agreement isunrealistic ... it should be part of standard American talking points when engaging with the Chinese.

4. Jim Mattis:

   Defense Secretary Jim Mattis spoke to reporters Friday morning hours before the release of the Nuclear Posture Review. What we're trying to do is ensure that our diplomats and our negotiators are in a position to be listened to when we say we want to go forward on nonproliferation and arms control. At the same time, you do so by having an effective, safe deterrent.

5. Victoria Nuland:

   When we look at what is actually happening inside Russia it is far less dramatic, we fully expect and will insist that Russia keep its commitments under the arms control agreements that we have and that all of this will be within that system of verification.