test ban
noun
: a self-imposed partial or complete ban on the testing of nuclear weapons that is mutually agreed to by countries possessing such weapons
Example Sentences
a nuclear test ban treaty
Recent Examples on the Web Around the same time, the United States Department of Defense launched a series of satellites, known as the Vela satellites, to monitor the Soviet Union for any naughtiness—specifically, any signs of violations of the nuclear test ban treaty. 
Paul Sutter, Ars Technica, 17 June 2022 In June 1963, Kennedy laid out his vision for a partial test ban treaty with the Soviets that would limit nuclear testing to underground sites. New York Times, 30 Oct. 2021 Kennedy used the speech to announce his support for a nuclear test ban treaty with the Soviet Union, but his purpose was grander than that. Gilbert Garcia, ExpressNews.com, 9 Dec. 2020 Zerbo, a candidate to head the International Atomic Energy Agency, was at the United Nations to speak at an event on the sidelines of the General Assembly on the entry into force of the test ban treaty. Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2019 Vo’s political totem, a pen once used to sign a 1963 nuclear test ban treaty, enshrines a kind of diplomacy that feels precarious in the era of Twitter foreign policy. Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2019 Zerbo, a candidate to head the International Atomic Energy Agency, was at the United Nations to speak at an event on the sidelines of the General Assembly on the entry into force of the test ban treaty. Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2019 Zerbo, a candidate to head the International Atomic Energy Agency, was at the United Nations to speak at an event on the sidelines of the General Assembly on the entry into force of the test ban treaty. San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2019 President Bill Clinton signed the test ban treaty in 1996, but the Senate failed to ratify it on a 48-51 vote. Patrick Malone, WIRED, 18 June 2019 See More
Paul Sutter, Ars Technica, 17 June 2022 In June 1963, Kennedy laid out his vision for a partial test ban treaty with the Soviets that would limit nuclear testing to underground sites. New York Times, 30 Oct. 2021 Kennedy used the speech to announce his support for a nuclear test ban treaty with the Soviet Union, but his purpose was grander than that. Gilbert Garcia, ExpressNews.com, 9 Dec. 2020 Zerbo, a candidate to head the International Atomic Energy Agency, was at the United Nations to speak at an event on the sidelines of the General Assembly on the entry into force of the test ban treaty. Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2019 Vo’s political totem, a pen once used to sign a 1963 nuclear test ban treaty, enshrines a kind of diplomacy that feels precarious in the era of Twitter foreign policy. Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2019 Zerbo, a candidate to head the International Atomic Energy Agency, was at the United Nations to speak at an event on the sidelines of the General Assembly on the entry into force of the test ban treaty. Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2019 Zerbo, a candidate to head the International Atomic Energy Agency, was at the United Nations to speak at an event on the sidelines of the General Assembly on the entry into force of the test ban treaty. San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2019 President Bill Clinton signed the test ban treaty in 1996, but the Senate failed to ratify it on a 48-51 vote. Patrick Malone, WIRED, 18 June 2019 See More Word History
First Known Use
1958, in the meaning defined above