See arms race on Wiktionary
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"ref": "2023 March 25, Damien Cave, “An Anxious Asia Arms for a War It Hopes to Prevent”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-03-25:",
"text": "Mr. Xi has made his intentions clear. He aims to achieve a “national rejuvenation” that would include displacing the United States as the dominant rule-setter in the region, controlling access to the South China Sea, and bringing Taiwan — a self-governing island that China sees as lost territory — under Beijing’s control.\nIn response, many of China’s neighbors — and the United States — are turning to hard power, accelerating the most significant arms race in Asia since World War II.",
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"text": "Mr. Xi has made his intentions clear. He aims to achieve a “national rejuvenation” that would include displacing the United States as the dominant rule-setter in the region, controlling access to the South China Sea, and bringing Taiwan — a self-governing island that China sees as lost territory — under Beijing’s control.\nIn response, many of China’s neighbors — and the United States — are turning to hard power, accelerating the most significant arms race in Asia since World War II.",
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"word": "cursa armamentista"
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"word": "võidurelvastumine"
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"sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
"word": "გამალებული შეიარაღება"
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"sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
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"word": "vígbúnaðarkapphlaup"
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"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
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"sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
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"word": "corsa agli armamenti"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
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"word": "corsa al riarmo"
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"alt": "ぐんびかくちょうきょうそう",
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"sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
"word": "軍備拡張競争"
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"sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
"word": "軍拡競争"
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"code": "kk",
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"roman": "qarulanu jarysy",
"sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
"word": "қарулану жарысы"
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"code": "ko",
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"roman": "gunbi gyeongjaeng",
"sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
"word": "군비 경쟁"
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"code": "ky",
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"roman": "jarışa kuraldanuu",
"sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
"word": "жарыша куралдануу"
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"word": "ginklavimosi varžybos"
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "trka vo vooružuvanje",
"sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
"tags": [
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"word": "трка во вооружување"
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"code": "ms",
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"sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
"word": "perlumbaan senjata"
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"code": "nb",
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"sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
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"word": "våpenkappløp"
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"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "mosâbeqe-ye taslihâti",
"sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
"word": "مُسابِقِهٔ تَسْلیحاتی"
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"sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
"tags": [
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"word": "wyścig zbrojeń"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "corrida armamentista"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
"tags": [
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"word": "corrida armamentícia"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "cursa înarmărilor"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gónka vooružénij",
"sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
"tags": [
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"word": "го́нка вооруже́ний"
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"code": "sk",
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"sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
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"word": "preteky v zbrojení"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
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"word": "carrera de armamentos"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
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"word": "carrera armamentista"
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"sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
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"word": "kapprustning"
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"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "musallahšavi-yi bošitob",
"sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
"word": "мусаллаҳшавии бошитоб"
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"roman": "musobiqa-yi taslihoti",
"sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
"word": "мусобиқаи таслиҳотӣ"
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"sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
"word": "การแข่งขันในทางอาวุธ"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
"word": "silahlanma yarışı"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "perehóny ozbrójenʹ",
"sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
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"word": "перего́ни озбро́єнь"
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"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
"word": "qurollanish poygasi"
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{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
"word": "chạy đua vũ trang"
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"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
"word": "ras arfau"
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