noun
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The act of depriving a person of a weapon they carry.
verb
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To deprive of weapons; to deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render defenseless.
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To deprive of the means or the disposition to harm; to render harmless or innocuous
example
to disarm a man's wrath
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To lay down arms; to stand down.
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To reduce one's own military forces.
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To disable the security systems on.
Examples of disarm in a Sentence
Disarm and go home, Dusty!
Her gaze flickered to the screen beneath her fingertips, and she typed the alarm disarm codes.
Austria agreed on condition that Piedmont should disarm and should not be admitted to the congress.
At Vienna the war party was in the ascendant; the convention for disarmament had been signed, but so far from its being carried out, the reserves were actually called out on the 12th of April; and on the 23rd, before Cavours decision was known at Vienna, an Austrian ultimatum reached Turin, summoning Piedmont to disarm within three days on pain of invasion.
We found that kicks were very unreliable to disarm an assailant.
Defeat or disarm the Golem to see the second bathing scene.
It remained to make good those promises and to disarm the fear and jealousy of the great powers.
But, always ready to obey authority, Ignatius was able to disarm any charges that, now and at other times, were brought against him.
We wanted to try to avoid conflict by having him voluntarily disarm.
Lord Malmesbury now proposed that all three Powers should disarm simultaneously and that, as suggested by Austria, the precedent of Laibach should be followed and all the Italian states invited to plead their cause at the bar of the Great Powers.
It is generous enough to disarm the most prickly of authors, and perceptive enough to compel admiration in its own right.
In return, the rebels were to disarm; they would also be granted an amnesty.
Unilaterally disarm farmer and rancher states along with if he does.
It is quite inconceivable that they would seriously disarm the terrorist group when they support their actions.
Using Chapter 7 powers, the Security Council gave the government of Sudan until the end of August to disarm the Janjaweed militia.
So what better way to disarm the enemy by declaring a one-sided truce.
Lord Malmesbury urged the Sardinian government to yield; but Cavour refused to disarm, or to accept the principle of a congress, unless Piedmont were admitted to it on equal terms with the other Powers.
Mamun affected the profoundest grief, and, in order to disarm suspicion, appointed as his prime minister the brother of Fadl, Hasan b.
It would also be incredibly frustrating if you were not able to disarm the vehicle.
Use humor or a compliment to disarm him or her.
Awareness of the preconceived notions you may face, allows you to take steps to disarm them in the interview process.
Accordingly it was decided to form troops known as nizam-i-jedid, affiliated to the Janissaries so as to disarm the jealousy of the latter, properly drilled and wearing a distinctive uniform.
A crowd of 6000 persons gathered, and Hodson with marvellous coolness ordered them to disarm, which they proceeded to do.