disarm
transitive verb
- to take away weapons or armaments from
- to deprive of the ability to hurt; make harmless
- to overcome the hostility of; make friendly
intransitive verb
- to lay down arms
- to reduce or do away with armed forces and armaments
See disarm in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(dĭs-ärmˈ)
verb dis·armed,
dis·arm·ing,
dis·arms verb, transitivea. To divest of a weapon or weapons.
b. To deprive of the means of attack or defense; render harmless: “Have the courage to appear poor, and you disarm poverty of its sharpest sting” (Washington Irving).
a. To overcome or allay the suspicion, hostility, or antagonism of.
b. To win the confidence of.
verb, intransitive- To lay down arms.
- To reduce or abolish armed forces.
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