nuclearizev.

Brit.

/ˈnjuːklɪərʌɪz/, U.S.

/ˈn(j)ukliəˌraɪz/

Forms: 1900s– nuclearise, 1900s– nuclearize.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nuclear adj., -ize suffix.

Etymology: < nuclear adj. + -ize suffix.

1. transitive. To equip (an army, country, etc.) with nuclear weapons.

ΚΠ

1956 Washington Post 17 June e1/3 The uncertainty today over the future of NATO springs in part from the uncertain effectiveness of nuclearizing the NATO forces.

1975 Pacific Affairs 48 173 Will this event encourage Japan to be the sixth [nuclear power] and thus nuclearize the three major Asian states?

1984 MERIP Rep. No. 128. 6/2 We..see it in this conscious effort to erode the firebreak and to nuclearize our tactical combat forces.

1998 A. Cohen Israel & Bomb 346 Opacity blurred the tension between Israel's commitment to acquire and preserve nuclear weapons capability, and its commitmment not to nuclearize the Middle East.

2. transitive. Sociology. To reduce (a family) to its nuclear form (see nuclear adj. 2d). Also intransitive: (of a family) to become so reduced.

ΚΠ

1972 P. Laslett Househ. & Family in Past Time 55 The extent to which the domestic group has been ‘nuclearised’, that is, has lost extension and multiplicity.

1978 16th Cent. Jrnl. 9 122 There remains the lingering..suspicion that the urbanization of medieval and Renaissance Italy, and/or the rise of commerce and manufacturing, must have contributed to the breakdown of family structures, loosening the bonds of kinship and nuclearizing the family unit.

1986 Population & Devel. Rev. 12 687 Observers..debate whether the Chinese family will continue to nuclearize or whether the three-generation form will remain an important family unit.

Derivatives

ˈnuclearizing adj.

ΚΠ

1978 Internat. Security 3 95 Moscow may receive ever more frequent demands for nuclear help as a result of these countries' fears of their nuclearizing neighbors.

1994 Internat. Affairs 70 240 Encouraging nascent Arab–Israeli strategic cooperation, for example against the threats posed by Islamic and/or nuclearizing states in the region.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nuclearize
释义	nuclearizev. Brit. /ˈnjuːklɪərʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈn(j)ukliəˌraɪz/ Forms: 1900s– nuclearise, 1900s– nuclearize. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nuclear adj., -ize suffix. Etymology: < nuclear adj. + -ize suffix. 1. transitive. To equip (an army, country, etc.) with nuclear weapons. ΚΠ 1956 Washington Post 17 June e1/3 The uncertainty today over the future of NATO springs in part from the uncertain effectiveness of nuclearizing the NATO forces. 1975 Pacific Affairs 48 173 Will this event encourage Japan to be the sixth [nuclear power] and thus nuclearize the three major Asian states? 1984 MERIP Rep. No. 128. 6/2 We..see it in this conscious effort to erode the firebreak and to nuclearize our tactical combat forces. 1998 A. Cohen Israel & Bomb 346 Opacity blurred the tension between Israel's commitment to acquire and preserve nuclear weapons capability, and its commitmment not to nuclearize the Middle East. 2. transitive. Sociology. To reduce (a family) to its nuclear form (see nuclear adj. 2d). Also intransitive: (of a family) to become so reduced. ΚΠ 1972 P. Laslett Househ. & Family in Past Time 55 The extent to which the domestic group has been ‘nuclearised’, that is, has lost extension and multiplicity. 1978 16th Cent. Jrnl. 9 122 There remains the lingering..suspicion that the urbanization of medieval and Renaissance Italy, and/or the rise of commerce and manufacturing, must have contributed to the breakdown of family structures, loosening the bonds of kinship and nuclearizing the family unit. 1986 Population & Devel. Rev. 12 687 Observers..debate whether the Chinese family will continue to nuclearize or whether the three-generation form will remain an important family unit. Derivatives ˈnuclearizing adj. ΚΠ 1978 Internat. Security 3 95 Moscow may receive ever more frequent demands for nuclear help as a result of these countries' fears of their nuclearizing neighbors. 1994 Internat. Affairs 70 240 Encouraging nascent Arab–Israeli strategic cooperation, for example against the threats posed by Islamic and/or nuclearizing states in the region. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1956
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