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verb

past tense of disarm

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Recent Examples of disarmed
Adjective
Ten years and one day later, his administration’s agents shot a disarmed man on the street in full view of the public. Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 25 Jan. 2026
Verb
The rapid-response unit within the Hellenic Police and the Athens Police Directorate immobilized and disarmed the suspect, detaining the individual on the scene, police said. Megan Fahrney, ABC News, 21 July 2026 Israel says major rehabilitation efforts won’t begin until Hamas is disarmed, and says construction equipment is dual-use and can serve military purposes. Bilal Shbeir, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026 Eisenkot refused to allow a shoot-to-kill policy or impose curfews on West Bank towns and disciplined a soldier who killed an attacker after he was already disarmed. Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 July 2026 The suspect was Tasered, disarmed and taken into custody, Mamdani said. Gloria Pazmino, CNN Money, 5 July 2026 In his sonnets, Shakespeare pairs was with glass, and warmed with disarmed. Literary Hub, 25 June 2026 Designed by Boston Dynamics and outfitted for public safety by FlyMotion, Buster recently completed its first deployment during a standoff in which officers ultimately disarmed an armed suspect, according to the Sheriff’s Office. Reeti Malhotra, Sacbee.com, 24 June 2026 He was apprehended by military police after being restrained and disarmed by fellow soldiers. CBS News, 23 June 2026 The 100 members of a group called the Border Commandos, who disarmed at the jungle ceremony on Thursday, were the first and only batch of rebels to do so under the Petro government. John Otis, NPR, 21 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disarmed
Adjective
  • For some in the city, Wednesday’s shooting has surfaced memories of Tony Robinson, an unarmed 19-year-old who was fatally shot by Madison police in 2015.
    ABC News, ABC News, 24 July 2026
  • On the same street in 2015, a White police officer shot and killed an unarmed, biracial 19-year-old, Tony Robinson, leading to major protests.
    Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 23 July 2026
Verb
  • Even during the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union worked together on a wide range of issues, including a joint effort to spearhead the Antarctic Treaty, which has kept Antarctica demilitarized and facilitated scientific advancements at the Earth’s other pole.
    David Balton, The Conversation, 15 June 2026
  • Under the 1979 treaty, the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula bordering southern Israel was largely demilitarized.
    Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
Verb
  • In a 3-0 battering of Scotland, manager Carlo Ancelotti appeased the people of Miami with a Neymar cameo.
    David Hickey, NBC news, 25 June 2026
  • Both agencies appeased a murderer.
    Boston Herald editorial staff, Boston Herald, 18 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • With themes of resilience, victory, and joy as a healing balm, Joy in the Belly of a Riot is a beautiful manifestation of how poetry has the power to heal and help one overcome pain.
    Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Kevan Harris, an associate professor of sociology at UCLA who has studied the Iranian diaspora, said some of the ardently monarchist Iranians became disillusioned and demobilized when the war’s initial objective of regime change failed.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2026
  • Firefighters and equipment are starting to be demobilized as the Incident Management Team transfers command back to local authorities.
    Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 20 May 2026
Adjective
  • Countering them requires passive and active acoustic sensing, signal processing, and rapid classification.
    Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 24 July 2026
  • Unlike resilin in other insects, for which the protein typically acts as a passive energy storage system or exoskeleton protection, the resilin in these lake flies plays an active role in ensuring their air sacs don’t implode at depth.
    Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 23 July 2026

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“Disarmed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disarmed. Accessed 27 Jul. 2026.

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