Disarm

Quick meaning: Disarm is a verb meaning (transitive) To deprive of weapons; to deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render defenseless.

Meaning

(transitive) To deprive of weapons; to deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render defenseless.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To deprive of the means or the disposition to harm; to render harmless or innocuous.
2. (intransitive) To lay down arms; to stand down.
3. (intransitive) To reduce one's own military forces.
4. (transitive) To render into a state in which something is no longer armed, or prepared for use (such as to disable the security systems on).
5. The act of depriving a person of a weapon they carry.

Example Sentences

to disarm a man's wrath

As a brief background, the gun disarms originally taught to S.A.C. Airmen as part of the Combative Measures program were taken from Kodokan Goshin-Jutsu.

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.

You can open and close all the doors you want during this delay. Just keep in mind that if you have to re-enter, and it has been close to a minute, you may want to disarm and then re-arm just to be on the safe side.

Word Forms

• disarms
• disarming
• disarmed

Synonyms for disarm

Depending on context, synonyms include unarm, demilitarize, demilitarise.

Antonyms for disarm

Common opposites include fortify, arm, gird, build up.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include unarm, demilitarize, demilitarise, defuse, dismantle, disassemble.

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