disarmed; disarming; disarms
1
a
: to deprive of means, reason, or disposition to be hostile
disarmed criticism by admitting her errors
b
: to win over
2
a
: to divest of arms
disarm captured troops
b
: to deprive of a means of attack or defense
disarm a ship
c
: to make harmless
disarm a bomb
disarmer
noun
Examples of disarm in a Sentence
The government has been unsuccessful at disarming the rebels.
The terrorists have refused to disarm.
It took more than an hour to disarm the bomb.
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Israel has demanded the Lebanese government do more to disarm Hezbollah and to move toward a peace deal.
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Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2026
Israeli officials are concerned that Hezbollah remains a serious threat to Israel and that Lebanon is ill-equipped to disarm it.
—Arkansas Online, 25 May 2026
Israeli officials are concerned that Hezbollah remains a serious threat to Israel and that Lebanon is ill-equipped to disarm it.
—Samy Magdy, Fortune, 24 May 2026
As its 20-minute ovation showed, there is certainly an appetite for a new kind of gay love story this year at Cannes, where Jordan Firstman’s similarly disarming Club Kid left grown women in tears.
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Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2026
Israeli officials are concerned that Hezbollah remains a serious threat to Israel and that Lebanon is ill-equipped to disarm it.
—Arkansas Online, 25 May 2026
Israeli officials are concerned that Hezbollah remains a serious threat to Israel and that Lebanon is ill-equipped to disarm it.
—Samy Magdy, Fortune, 24 May 2026
As its 20-minute ovation showed, there is certainly an appetite for a new kind of gay love story this year at Cannes, where Jordan Firstman’s similarly disarming Club Kid left grown women in tears.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 22 May 2026
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disarm
verb
dis·arm
(ˈ)dis-ˈärm 
1
: to take weapons from
disarm a prisoner
2
: to reduce the size and strength of the armed forces of a country
3
: to make harmless, peaceable, or friendly : remove dislike or suspicion
a disarming smile
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