Active vocabulary: words and word combinations
1. rival (adversary, enemy, foe) , ,
- rival
- rivalry , ,
2. ally
- to ally with
- alliance
3. armed forces
- conventional armed forces
- rapid-reaction forces
- to arm ()
- at. to disarm ()
- arms/armament/arsenal/weapon(s) ,
- Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND)
- to stockpile
- to proliferate (rms / wans) ()
- proliferation of weapons
- acquisition of weapons
- unauthorized use of nuclear weapons
- to gain a nuclear capability
- Non-Proliferation Treaty (NP)
- arms race
4. disarmament
- strategic arms cuts
- weapon
- conventional weapon
- nuclear weapon (nuke)
- next generation nukes
- NBC (Nuclear, Bacteriological and Chemical) weapons ,
- WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction)
- offensive and defensive advanced weaponry
- strategic offensive arms ()
5. nuclear warheads
6. uranium enrichment programme
7. to test nuclear weapons (to conduct a nuclear-weapon test)
8. to halt / stop tests
9. to renounce / curtail / give up / abandon nuclear ambitions
10. to ban / prohibit the use of nuclear weapons
11. an abolition , , ,
- abolition of nuclear weapons ,
- to abolish (to annihilate) ,
12. the nuclear-weapon states (powers) ,
13. rouge states / states of concern -
14. transfer of armaments
15. a supplying country -
- a recipient country -
16. missile
- a cruise missile (CM)
- an air-launched missile
- an interceptor missile -
- a ballistic missile
- an interceptor ballistic defence interceptor
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- an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
- a strategic ballistic missile
- a transcontinental missile
- system to counter strategic ballistic missiles ,
- a long (medium/intermediate)-range missile ()
- a short-range missile
- a launch site
17. antiballistic missile defence ()
- anti-ballistic (ABM) system (shield) ()
- to build / deploy / place / establish / station / install a missile defence system (shield) , ,
- ABM Treaty
18. to deploy , ,
- deployment ,
- to deploy missiles
- to install / station missiles
- to direct / target / aim a missile at ()
- to launch a missile
- to dismantle missiles
- to bar missiles fro the country
19. war/combat/hostilities/battle/(global) warfare ,
- full-scale war
- all-out war
- civil war
- on the brink of war
- warring /combating parties parties
- prisoners of war
20. to wage/to conduct/to carry out/to fight war
- to abolish/to eliminate war
- to halt war
- to avert/to prevent war ;
- to rage (about war, anger) ( , )
- to break out
- to launch an attack
21. to cause ,
- to cause/to pose danger yp
- sy. to endanger/to threaten ypo
- to cause/to inflict (damage, losses) (, )
- cause (of):1) (applies to an event that brings bout result)
- cause (of ): 2) ()
Do ot confuse with:
- reason (for) , (applies to an explainable s of known effect)
22. to pose a threat to
23. to jeopardize (endanger)
24. to deter and defend against any threat of aggression
- to deter (sth, from doing) ,
- deterrent
- deterrent ,
- deterrence ,
25. to fight (struggle) against smb. or smth. -, - ( -,-)
- to fight for smb. or smth. -, -
26. fighting
27. hostilities
- cessation of hostilities
- ceasefire
28. violence
- an outbreak of violence
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- brutality / cruelty /
29. turmoil / unrest
30. uprising
- to suppress uprising
- armed revolt ()
31. atrocities
32. looting
33. massacres ()
- crackdown
34. bloodshed
35. military takeover
36. civilian casualties (losses) ()
37. to suffr (from) ,
- to suffr losses/casualties
- to suffr defeat
- suffrings
38. death toll
39. the injured (the wounded)
40. a rebel / insurgent
41. a refugee
42. an evacuee
43. to flee (fled, fled) ()
44. truce
45. a terrorist act
- to commit a terrorist act
46. a terror group (cell) ()
47. a militant
48. a suicide bomber -
- a suicide bombing
49. a perpetrator of a terrorist attack
50. a blast (explosion)
- to blast / explode
51. to claim responsibility for
52. hostage-taking
53. under the auspices
- peace-keeping forces
