arms controlnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈɑːmz kənˌtrəʊl/us/ˈɑːmz kənˌtroʊl/the action of setting a limit on the number of weapons a country is allowed to own, usually in agreement with another country
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Providing weapons or taking weapons away
- arm
- armament
- armed
- arms race
- bare
- capability
- decommission
- disarm
- disarmament
- gun control
- militarized
- nuclear-free
- pack
- peace dividend
- rearm
- reinforce
- tooled up
- unarmed
- under arms idiom
- with your bare hands idiom