disarm

v., -armed, -arm·ing, -arms.

v.tr.

1. 1. To divest of a weapon or weapons.
   2. 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).
2. 1. To overcome or allay the suspicion, hostility, or antagonism of.
   2. To win the confidence of.

v.intr.

1. To lay down arms.
2. To reduce or abolish armed forces.

[Middle English disarmen, from Old French desarmer : des-, dis- + armer, to arm (from Latin armāre, from arma, weapons).]

disarmer dis·arm'er n.

v

Definition: render defenseless
Antonyms: arm

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v. 1. take a weapon or weapons away from (a person, force, or country): Germany had been defeated and disarmed.

2. (of a country or force) give up or reduce its armed forces or weapons: the other militias had disarmed by the agreed deadline.

3. remove the fuse from (a bomb), making it safe. police yesterday disarmed a parcel bomb.

4. deprive (a ship, etc.) of its means of defense.

n.

an act of taking a weapon away from someone.

disarmer n.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

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The verb has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: remove offensive capability from
  Synonyms: demilitarize, demilitarise
  Antonym: arm (meaning #1)

Meaning #2: make less hostile; win over

Meaning #3: take away the weapons from; render harmless
  Synonym: unarm

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - afvæbne, desarmere, afmontere, uskadeliggøre, pacificere
v. intr. - nedruste, afruste
n. - afvæbning

Nederlands (Dutch)
ontwapenen, ontmantelen

Français (French)
v. tr. - désarmer
v. intr. - désarmer
n. - désarmement

Deutsch (German)
v. - abrüsten, entwaffnen, unschädlich machen
n. - Abrüstung (der Feinde)

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αφοπλίζω/-ομαι

Italiano (Italian)
disarmare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - desarmar

Русский (Russian)
разоружать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - desarmar, deponer las armas, cesar hostilidad
v. intr. - deponer las armas, reducir las fuerzas armadas
n. - desarme

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - nedrusta, avväpna

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
解除武装, 缓和, 回复平常的编制, 放下武器, 裁减军备

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 解除武裝, 緩和, 回復平常的編制
v. intr. - 放下武器, 裁減軍備
n. - 裁減軍備

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 무기를 제거하다, (위험 등을) 무력하게 하다
v. intr. - 군비 축소하다
n. - 군비 축소, 무장 해제

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - …から取り上げる, 安全化する, 無力にする, 敵意を除く, 軍備を縮小する, 武器を取り上げる, 武装解除する, 解く, 軍備縮小する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) ينزع السلاح من شخص, يخفض أو يزيل السلاح‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮פירק מנשקו, הרגיע, הפיג, סילק כעס‬
v. intr. - ‮התפרק מנשקו‬
n. - ‮לקיחת הנשק ממישהו (בעיקר בסיוף)‬

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