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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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as in demilitarization
the reduction or elimination of a country's armed forces or weapons
the ambassador spoke at length about the possible unilateral disarmament of his country
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Recent Examples of disarm
Aya Batrawy, NPR, 15 Apr. 2025
Fabian can't hide his deeply shady side, but his obsessiveness about singing in front of the resort is disarming.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
Kilmer’s guilelessness in recounting his life so directly, without interruption, is disarming and perhaps a bit obfuscatory.
—Rachel Handler, Vulture, 2 Apr. 2025
Katz's remarks came after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu repeated calls for Hamas to disarm and said the application of military pressure was the best way to get back the remaining 59 hostages.
—James MacKenzie, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2025
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Israel's latest ceasefire proposal presented to Hamas included a willingness to negotiate a permanent end of the war, but on condition of a new demand that Hamas, and all militant groups in Gaza, be disarmed.
—Aya Batrawy, NPR, 15 Apr. 2025
Fabian can't hide his deeply shady side, but his obsessiveness about singing in front of the resort is disarming.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
Kilmer’s guilelessness in recounting his life so directly, without interruption, is disarming and perhaps a bit obfuscatory.
—Rachel Handler, Vulture, 2 Apr. 2025
Katz's remarks came after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu repeated calls for Hamas to disarm and said the application of military pressure was the best way to get back the remaining 59 hostages.
—James MacKenzie, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2025
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Ukraine and European allies stressed that Kyiv must have the ability to adequately equip and man its own army, but Putin would have to concede on his goal of demilitarizing Ukraine.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
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Similarly, pausing attacks on energy infrastructure is clearly more advantageous to Russia, as is demilitarizing the Black Sea, given Russia’s dependence on the waterway and the Russian Navy’s extreme – and one-sided – vulnerability to Ukrainian attacks.—
Douglas Schoen,
Orange County Register,
20 Mar. 2025
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Just as the elites proved weak, so too did the international order, as shown by the number of countries eager to appease or function as if all is normal.—
Robert Williams,
Time,
24 Apr. 2025
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No, De Bruyne will probably end up at a club looking for a quick one-year fix, with an owner who is happy to make a high-earning vanity signing in an attempt to distract and appease long-suffering supporters after yet another poor season.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2025
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Research documents how political violence leads to political repression and demobilizes social movements.—
Dana R. Fisher,
Scientific American,
27 Mar. 2025
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Demilitarizing the economy and demobilizing the public would risk undermining the system that sustains his rule.—
Andrei Kolesnikov,
Foreign Affairs,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Disarm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disarm. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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