1
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
Getting Hamas to disarm will require significant pressure, said Jonathan Schanzer, executive director at Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the author of multiple books on Hamas and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025
Farokhmanesh disarmed him with a grin and scribbled away on his poster.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 19 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, Hamas, which Israel is aiming to disarm, was executing rival Palestinians in the streets of Gaza City.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
Israel has said that Hamas must disarm, which Hamas has long refused to do.
—Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
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Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025
Farokhmanesh disarmed him with a grin and scribbled away on his poster.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 19 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, Hamas, which Israel is aiming to disarm, was executing rival Palestinians in the streets of Gaza City.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
Israel has said that Hamas must disarm, which Hamas has long refused to do.
—Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
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Speaking to Channel 14 on Saturday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the war would end once all of the hostage bodies have been returned and Hamas is demilitarized.—
Ibrahim Dahman,
CNN Money,
18 Oct. 2025
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Trump holds the cards for success or failure in demilitarizing Gaza and deradicalizing the Palestinians.—
Benjamin Weinthal,
FOXNews.com,
15 Oct. 2025
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The statement could have also been to appease producer groups to some extent who are against these import ideas.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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This does nothing to appease Robert’s obsession.—
Kirk Honeycutt,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Oct. 2025
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On Tuesday, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek directed U.S. Northern Command to demobilize Oregon’s 200 National Guard troops and return another 200 California National Guard members to their state.—
Daniella Silva,
NBC news,
8 Oct. 2025
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The order will remain in place until October 18. Kotek has now asked the U.S. Northern Command, in a letter on Tuesday, to demobilize the Oregon National Guard members who are staging in her state.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Disarm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disarm. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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