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SECURITY COUNCIL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A permanent council of the United Nations; responsible for preserving world peace
Synonyms:
SC; Security Council
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Security Council" is a kind of...):
council (a body serving in an administrative capacity)
Holonyms ("Security Council" is a member of...):
UN; United Nations (an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security)