ban the bomb

Disarmament rally cry

Ban the bomb is a slogan and rallying cry of the nuclear disarmament movement, urging governments to eliminate nuclear weapons.

The phrase emerged in the 1950s and became associated with peace marches and protest signs: Ban the bomb protesters gathered outside the military base.

It sometimes appears as a modifier: ban-the-bomb activists, ban-the-bomb marches.

Opposites
nuclear weapons policy

ban the bombnuclear deterrence

Preventing war through retaliation threat

mutually assured destruction · MAD · pro-nuclear · nuclear proliferation · drop the bomb

cold war political activism

ban the bombhawks

Keen-eyed birds of prey

war hawks · militarism · rollback · brinksmanship

peace vs. militarism

ban the bombmilitarism

Pro-force national policy

warmongering · saber-rattling · hawkishness · arms race · nuclear brinkmanship

Family

ban, bomb, bans, banned, banning, bannable, bombs, bombed, bombing

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