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Sep 11, 2021

Verb: begin or be reckoned from a particular point in time or space

Verb: (of event or process) happen or come into being

Verb: jerk or give a small jump from surprise or alarm

Noun: the point in time or space at which something has its origin; the beginning

Noun: a sudden movement of surprise or alarm

Noun: a series of arms-reduction negotiations between the US and the Soviet Union begun in 1983. The Intermediate Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty was signed in 1987 and the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty in 1991

Abbreviation: Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, an agreement between the US and the Soviet Union to limit and reduce strategic nuclear weapons, first signed in 1991