"nuclear umbrella" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: nuclear umbrellas [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} nuclear umbrella (plural nuclear umbrellas)
  1. A guarantee by a nuclear weapons state to defend a non-nuclear allied state.
    Sense id: en-nuclear_umbrella-en-noun-4-E1GSe7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Nuclear warfare

Inflected forms

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