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as in to demilitarize
to reduce the size and strength of the armed forces of
the defeated nation was disarmed so that it would never again be a threat to international order
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as in to appease
to lessen the anger or agitation of
her future father-in-law was totally disarmed by her easy charm
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Recent Examples of disarm
Israel has not yet responded to the offer, vowing to continue the war until Hamas disarms and releases all hostages.
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Wafaa Shurafa, Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2025
Israel is yet to provide a response to the offer, demanding, among other things, that Hamas disarm completely.
—Ibrahim Dahman, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
Instead, there was an intimacy that disarmed me.
—Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Higher altitude winds over the coastal Pacific may disarm hurricanes too, blowing in from west to east—opposite the direction of the trade winds—and causing turbulence that disrupts the formation of the storm.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
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Wafaa Shurafa, Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2025
Israel is yet to provide a response to the offer, demanding, among other things, that Hamas disarm completely.
—Ibrahim Dahman, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
Instead, there was an intimacy that disarmed me.
—Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Higher altitude winds over the coastal Pacific may disarm hurricanes too, blowing in from west to east—opposite the direction of the trade winds—and causing turbulence that disrupts the formation of the storm.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disarm
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Europe is remilitarizing after decades of demilitarizing.—
John Rennie Short,
The Conversation,
11 Sep. 2025
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Later, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov reiterated his government's longstanding demands that Ukraine be demilitarized and stop trying to be allied with the West.—
Mithil Aggarwal,
NBC news,
21 Aug. 2025
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Spin-Off and Beyond Holliday’s popularity was so immense (and to potentially appease Linda Lavin), CBS gave her a spinoff, Flo, which ran for two seasons (1980–81) and earned her another Golden Globe nomination.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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What we’ve been taught to call intimacy—caretaking, appeasing, overfunctioning—is just codependency.—
Vanessa Bennett,
SELF,
10 Sep. 2025
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In the eyes of his critics, Zelensky has allowed too many Ukrainians to remain physically and mentally demobilized, placing a greater burden on those already exhausted by years of fighting.—
NATALIYA GUMENYUK,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Aug. 2025
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Israel wants Hezbollah, the Lebanese militia that took a beating during its war with Israel last fall, disarmed and demobilized.—
Daniel DePetris,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Disarm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disarm. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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