Disarm

//dɪsˈɑɹm// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of depriving a person of a weapon they carry.

    "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."

Verb
  1. 1
    To deprive of weapons; to deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render defenseless. transitive

    "[recreation of speech given in 1775] They tell us, sir, […] that we are weak―unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? […] Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and a British guard shall be stationed in every house?"

  2. 2
    remove offensive capability from wordnet
  3. 3
    To deprive of the means or the disposition to harm; to render harmless or innocuous. transitive

    "to disarm a man's wrath"

  4. 4
    take away the weapons from; render harmless wordnet
  5. 5
    To lay down arms; to stand down. intransitive
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  1. 6
    make less hostile; win over wordnet
  2. 7
    To reduce one's own military forces. intransitive
  3. 8
    To render into a state in which something is no longer armed, or prepared for use (such as to disable the security systems on). transitive

    "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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English desarmen (“to divest of arms”), from Anglo-Norman desarmer.

Etymology 2

From Middle English desarmen (“to divest of arms”), from Anglo-Norman desarmer.

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