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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Jeremiah is pretty much the opposite of his older brother — easygoing, flirty, and disarming.
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Maggie Fremont, EW.com, 16 July 2025
That was due to a 2016 peace treaty that disarmed the country's largest guerrilla army as well as ceasefires with smaller criminal groups.
—John Otis, NPR, 16 July 2025
Dunham, in turn, strives to find new ways of expressing the emotion, through disarming dialogue and affecting tableaux.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 10 July 2025
In that way, Broken Voices is about the circumstances that allow abuse to happen; Vitek is like a vampire, a cold and distant creature capable of great charm, and Karolina, in all her disarming naivety, is easy prey.
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Maggie Fremont, EW.com, 16 July 2025
That was due to a 2016 peace treaty that disarmed the country's largest guerrilla army as well as ceasefires with smaller criminal groups.
—John Otis, NPR, 16 July 2025
Dunham, in turn, strives to find new ways of expressing the emotion, through disarming dialogue and affecting tableaux.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 10 July 2025
In that way, Broken Voices is about the circumstances that allow abuse to happen; Vitek is like a vampire, a cold and distant creature capable of great charm, and Karolina, in all her disarming naivety, is easy prey.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 10 July 2025
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“Disarm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disarm. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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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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