arms race

Noun

Meaning

a competition between nations to have the most powerful armaments

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

mobilization fight over fight for competition over accumulation of armaments arms stockpiling atomic arms race atomic competition battle to build-up of weapons arms build-up nuclear arms race nuclear race accumulations of weapons arms races
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Hypernyms

race

Examples

We do not have the right to forget that reactionary imperialism exists and its forces actively operate in the world, that they encourage the arms race and that they try to restore the spirit of the Cold War. Andrei Grechko

The nuclear arms race is like two sworn enemies standing waist deep in gasoline, one with three matches, the other with five. Carl Sagan

Our biggest national security threat is the environmental destruction of our planet and the arms race with ourselves. Jello Biafra

The arms race is a race between nuclear weapons and ourselves. Martin Amis

The deadly arms race, and the huge resources it absorbs, have too long overshadowed all else we must do. We must prevent that arms race from spreading to new nations, to new nuclear powers and to the reaches of outer space. John F. Kennedy

But scientists on both sides of the iron curtain played a very significant role in maintaining the momentum of the nuclear arms race throughout the four decades of the Cold War. Joseph Rotblat

Close letter words and terms

arms materiel arms monitoring arms of morpheus arms races arms reduction arms regulation