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disarm::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | unarm |
| Type of | deprive, divest, strip |
| Has types | demilitarize, demilitarise |
| Derivation | disarmament, disarmer, disarming |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | demilitarise, demilitarize |
| Derivation | disarmament, disarming |
Examples of disarm
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Would you go to an African nation to disarm militias and warlords, Sierra Leone.
From the independent.co.uk
Militants have said they will not disarm until the courts are fully functioning.
From the voanews.com
But the government has long resisted international pressure to disarm the group.
From the timesunion.com
On Friday, Hans Blix will present his latest report on Iraq's efforts to disarm.
From the economist.com
Until everyone is smart enough to stop no one will be trusting enough to disarm.
From the nation.time.com
Four and a half years ago we invaded Iraq to disarm Saddam, or so we were told.
From the time.com
They just hope and pray they can find them and disarm them before they explode.
From the time.com
To persuade them to disarm, they need to be taught other ways of making a living.
From the economist.com
The North rejected the demand as an attempt to unilaterally disarm the country.
From the sacbee.com
- Remove offensive capability from
- Make less hostile; win over; "Her charm disarmed the prosecution lawyer completely"
- Take away the weapons from; render harmless
- (disarming) capable of allaying hostility
- (disarming) act of reducing or depriving of arms; "the disarmament of the aggressor nations must be complete"
- "Disarm" is a song by American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins. It was the third single from their second album, Siamese Dream. "Disarm" was written by Billy Corgan and is one of the bandu2019s most highly regarded songs. Corgan considers it the most personally important song on Siamese Dream.
- See also Disarm (UK band)
- Disarm is a documentary film which spans a dozen countries to look at how, despite a global ban, millions of antipersonnel mines continue to claim victims daily in more than eighty countries. ...
- To deprive of arms; to take away the weapons of; to deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render defenseless; To deprive of the means or the disposition to harm; to render harmless or innocuous; as, to disarm a man's wrath
