disarm
/dɪsˈɑɹm/ verb C1- To deprive of weapons; to deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render defenseless.
- 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).
He/she/it disarms · Past disarmed · Past participle disarmed · -ing form disarming
Verb forms
- Base form
- disarm
- He/she/it
- disarms
- Past
- disarmed
- Past participle
- disarmed
- -ing form
- disarming
From the library
Bingley,” said Elizabeth, “must disarm reproof.”
For an instant his eyes blazed at me, but my frankness disarmed his anger, and he broke at last into a rather rueful laugh.
Have you really committed the crimes of which you are accused?’ The count looked around him with an expression which might have softened tigers, but which could not disarm his judges.
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