Disarm \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.
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Security disarms the best-appointed army. --Fuller.
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The proud was half disarmed of pride. --Tennyson.
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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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
disarm
v 1: remove offensive capability from [syn: demilitarize, demilitarise]
[ant: arm]
2: make less hostile; win over; "Her charm disarmed the
prosecution lawyer completely"
3: take away the weapons from; render harmless [syn: unarm]
WordNet (r) 2.0
44 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
demilitarise, demilitarize, unarm
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