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Disarm
Dis-arm′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Disarming
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Disarming
.] 1.
To deprive of arms; to take away the weapons of; to deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render defenseless.
Security
disarms
the best-appointed army. Fuller.
The proud was half
disarmed
of pride. Tennyson.
2.
To deprive of the means or the disposition to harm; to render harmless or innocuous;
as, to
. disarm
a man’s wrathWebster 1828 Edition
Disarm
DISARM
,Verb.
T.
1.
To deprive of arms; to take the arms or weapons from , usually by force or authority; as, he disarmed his foes; the prince gave orders to disarm his subjects. With of before the thing taken away; as, to disarm one of his weapons.2.
To deprive of means of attack or defense; as, to disarm a venomous serpent.3.
To deprive of force, strength, or means of annoyance; to render harmless; to quell; as, to disarm rage or passion.4.
To strip; to divest of any thing injurious or threatening; as, piety disarms death of its terrors.Definition 2024
disarm
disarm
English
Verb
disarm (third-person singular simple present disarms, present participle disarming, simple past and past participle disarmed)
- (transitive) To deprive of arms; to take away the weapons of; to deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render defenseless.
- (transitive) To deprive of the means or the disposition to harm; to render harmless or innocuous; as, to disarm a man's wrath.
- 2014 January 21, Hermione Hoby, “Julia Roberts interview for August: Osage County – 'I might actually go to **** for this ...': Julia Roberts reveals why her violent, Oscar-nominated performance in August: Osage County made her feel 'like a terrible person' [print version: 'I might actually go to **** for this ...' (18 January 2014, p. R4)]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review):
- Foremost in her arsenal is that smile – so enormous and so absurdly disarming that someone should have worked out a way to harness its power into international conflict resolution.
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- (intransitive) To lay down arms; to stand down.
- (intransitive) To reduce one's own military forces.
Translations
to deprive of arms
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to deprive of the means or the disposition to harm
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to lay down arms
to reduce the size of one's own military forces
References
- disarm in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913