disarmed; disarming; disarms
1
a
: to deprive of means, reason, or disposition to be hostile
disarmed criticism by admitting her errors
b
: to win over
2
a
: to divest of arms
disarm captured troops
b
: to deprive of a means of attack or defense
disarm a ship
c
: to make harmless
disarm a bomb
disarmer
noun
Examples of disarm in a Sentence
The government has been unsuccessful at disarming the rebels.
The terrorists have refused to disarm.
It took more than an hour to disarm the bomb.
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She’s dressed down in a T-shirt and pants, modest in her bearing but equipped with luminous gray-green eyes that fix on you with disarming attention.
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Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 8 Aug. 2024
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That’s when Mae intervened and disarmed the Jedi Master of his own weapon.
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One of those pending cases involves the constitutionality of a law disarming people convicted of nonviolent felonies, and a second concerns a law prohibiting a person who is an unlawful drug user from having guns.
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Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 8 Aug. 2024
The 47-year-old former pro basketball player has a disarming smile and the demeanor of a coach.
—Jess McHugh, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
That’s when Mae intervened and disarmed the Jedi Master of his own weapon.
—Keisha Hatchett, TVLine, 16 July 2024
One of those pending cases involves the constitutionality of a law disarming people convicted of nonviolent felonies, and a second concerns a law prohibiting a person who is an unlawful drug user from having guns.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 21 June 2024
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disarm
verb
dis·arm
(ˈ)dis-ˈärm 
1
: to take weapons from
disarm a prisoner
2
: to reduce the size and strength of the armed forces of a country
3
: to make harmless, peaceable, or friendly : remove dislike or suspicion
a disarming smile
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