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Disarm

Disarm Meaning & Definition
Disarm Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Disarm?

[v] remove offensive capability from
[v] take away the weapons from; render harmless
[v] make less hostile; win over; "Her charm disarmed the prosecution lawyer completely"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Disarm: demilitarise | demilitarize | unarm

Related Terms | Find terms related to Disarm: allure | appease | attract | bewitch | captivate | charm | conciliate | cripple | deactivate | decommission | deflate | demilitarize | demobilize | disable | disband | enchain | enchant | fascinate | gag | hamstring | handcuff | hobble | hog-tie | immobilize | incapacitate | knock out | manacle | mollify | muzzle | pacify | paralyze | placate | propitiate | prostrate | put at ease | reconcile | reconvert | set at ease | sheathe the sword | silence | strangle | throttle | truss up | win over

See Also | convert | convince | deprive | divest | strip | win over

Disarm In Webster's Dictionary

\Dis*arm"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disarming}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disarming}.] [OE. desarmen, F. d['e]sarmer; pref. d['e]s- (L. dis-) + armer to arm. See {Arm}.] 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 wrath.

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