disarm
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disarm
- /dɪsˈɑː(ɹ)m/ UK
- /dɪsˈɑɹm/ US
Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)m
Where it comes from
From Middle English desarmen (“to divest of arms”), from Anglo-Norman desarmer.
verb disarms · disarming · disarmed
- To deprive of weapons; to deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render defenseless. [recreation of speech given in 1775] They tell us, sir, […] that we are weak―unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? […] Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and a British guard shall be stationed in every house?
- To deprive of the means or the disposition to harm; to render harmless or innocuous. to disarm a man's wrath
- To lay down arms; to stand down.
- To reduce one's own military forces.
- To render into a state in which something is no longer armed, or prepared for use (such as to disable the security systems on). You can open and close all the doors you want during this delay. Just keep in mind that if you have to re-enter, and it has been close to a minute, you may want to disarm and then re-arm just to be on the safe side.
noun disarms
- The act of depriving a person of a weapon they carry. As a brief background, the gun disarms originally taught to S.A.C. Airmen as part of the Combative Measures program were taken from Kodokan Goshin-Jutsu.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: unarm, demilitarize, demilitarise, defuse, dismantle, disassemble, rid, deprive, de-escalate, neutralize, demobilize, disable, lift, force, tend, arms
Translations
Every language
verb to deprive of arms
| Español | desarmar |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 武装解除する busō kaijo suru |
| 中文 | 解除武裝 /解除武装 jiěchú wǔzhuāng |
| Português | desarmar |
| Français | désarmer |
| Deutsch | entwaffnen |
| Italiano | disarmare |
| Română | dezarma |
| Русский | разоружа́ть razoružátʹ, разоружи́ть razoružítʹ, обезору́живать obezorúživatʹ, обезору́жить obezorúžitʹ |
verb to deprive of the means or the disposition to harm
| Português | desarmar |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | entwaffnen |
| Italiano | disarmare |
| Русский | обезвре́живать obezvréživatʹ, обезвре́дить obezvréditʹ |
verb to lay down arms
| 日本語 | 干戈を収める kanka o osameru, 武器を捨てる buki o suteru |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 繳械 /缴械 jiǎoxiè, 放下武器 fàngxià wǔqì, 解除武裝 /解除武装 jiěchú wǔzhuāng |
| Русский | разоружа́ться razoružátʹsja, разоружи́ться razoružítʹsja, сложи́ть ору́жие složítʹ orúžije |
verb to reduce the size of one's own military forces
| 日本語 | 軍備を縮小する gunbi o shukushō suru, 軍縮する gunshuku suru |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 裁軍 /裁军 cáijūn |
| Русский | разоружа́ться razoružátʹsja, разоружи́ться razoružítʹsja |
| Tiếng Việt | tài binh |
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title = {disarm},
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