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# How to pronounce "arms control" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/ærmskɒntrɒl/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **ar·mscon·trol**

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "arms control" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "What about arms control? Arms control is absolutely critical. And I think that it's especially important right now that we talk about this issue."
- **Watch at 7:19**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaqowGjdDhY&t=439s)

### Example 2
> "They only need one or two, and yet the number of people who expound on “this is what China is doing” who have no idea what China looks like but are IR scholars, IR theorists, or arms control theorists far outnumber those who are actually China experts—or East Asia experts or Vietnam experts. And so in many ways I actually think this is an important thing that we need to start to rectify, both in scholarship and in effecting policy."
- **Watch at 6:26**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5cU9ebJ3VU&t=386s)

### Example 3
> "Both sides got something and both sides lost something. But, I can still remember the headiness of that day that truly history was made, multilateral arms control agreement. Fast forward to where we are today, there's the press coverage is going to be limited. There's only going to be pool cameras. Um I'm just I'm thinking, "Well, what would it feel like tomorrow to see if this happens if American Vice President J. D. Vance is in"
- **Watch at 17:29**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8RfesGm0U4&t=1049s)

### Example 4
> "that up unless it's on his terms arms control and strategic stability they may find some common ground here but if joe biden raises the issue of human rights in russia expect the kremlin to hit back america is not perceived in russia as a democracy"
- **Watch at 1:58**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smrCBz8xgtU&t=118s)

### Example 5
> "then rethink whether nuclear weapons need to be a part of that security package. >> All right, Kelsey Davenport with the Arms Control Association. Kelsey, we appreciate your time and your insights tonight. Thank you. >> Thank you for having me."
- **Watch at 10:00**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6D9_bv9Q90&t=600s)

### Example 6
> "make it a much more complex system to get where stability is. And once countries see and prospect for stability, then maybe they can go for arms control. But where is that stability point? of the chance of a nuclear war beginning tomorrow greater than it's ever been? Yes or no?"
- **Watch at 6:32**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XISvOdhN9qY&t=392s)

### Example 7
> "and then its reinvasion in 2014 and the reinvasion of Ukraine in 2022 and China's buildup, we really reached this sort of high water mark for attempts at arms control. And then we found out Russia was cheating on the INF treaty. They cheated on the CF treaty. They cheated on all these old treaties."
- **Watch at 12:27**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zszAxij_EXU&t=747s)

### Example 8
> "of its internal coherence and its strength the purpose looking at the state of the world more broadly and with one of your areas of expertise being Arms Control do you think we're now in a more dangerous nuclear situation than we were during the Cold War frankly it's true that Vladimir Putin has been rattling this the nuclear saber as well as his uh loyal deputies throughout this uh war in Ukraine I think frankly that the greatest in some"
- **Watch at 5:03**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hwYd0FtKbo&t=303s)

### Example 9
> "Control was given a very you know like a relevant space a very important space we had a whole lot of uh Arms Control measures unfortunately most of these arms control uh agreements they are no longer you know uh in in in uh sort of uh in Vogue uh uh and the new St treaty this is also it"
- **Watch at 42:21**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2BJPsJPJI0&t=2541s)

### Example 10
> "implications first and foremost it would be a violation of the 1967 outer space treaty which Russia is a party to this is one of the last remaining nuclear arms control agreements because Russia has cheated or withdrawn or suspended or deified pretty much all of the others with a few important exceptions and so this is just further weakening the international nuclear regime it's kind"
- **Watch at 12:09**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWCj9IMqDwM&t=729s)


## How to Pronounce "arms control"

- **Syllables**: ar · mscon · trol
- **IPA**: `/ærmskɒntrɒl/`
- **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech.

## Related Pronunciations

[arms](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/arms), [control](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/control)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce “arms control”?
“arms control” is pronounced /ærmskɒntrɒl/ (ar · mscon · trol). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation.

### How many syllables are in “arms control”?
“arms control” has 3 syllables: ar · mscon · trol.

### How can I hear “arms control” used in real sentences?
This page has 15 real-world video examples of “arms control” with synchronized subtitles. Use Previous / Next (or ← / → keys) to hear each one at the exact moment it is spoken.


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