Sentence:  `` Quoting Mr. Kennan 's phrase that anything would be better than a policy which <WSD>led</WSD> inevitably to nuclear war , he [ Toynbee ] says that anything is better than a policy which allows for the possibility of nuclear war '' . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point