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Disarm
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(disarms, disarming, disarmed) 1. To disarm a person or group means to take away all their weapons. We will agree to disarming troops and leaving their weapons at military positions. VERB: V n 2. If a country or group disarms, it gives up the use of weapons, especially nuclear weapons. There has also been a suggestion that the forces in Lebanon should disarm... VERB: V 3. If a person or their behaviour disarms you, they cause you to feel less angry, hostile, or critical towards them. His unease disarmed her... VERB: V n
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verb Etymology: Middle English desarmen, literally, to divest of arms, from Anglo-French desarmer, from des- dis- + armer to arm Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to deprive of means, reason, or disposition to be hostile ~ed criticism by admitting her errors b. to win over 2. a. to divest of arms ~ captured troops b. to deprive of a means of attack or defense ~ a ship c. to make harmless ~ a bomb intransitive verb 1. to lay aside arms 2. to give up or reduce armed forces • ~ament noun • ~er noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v. 1 tr. a take weapons away from (a person, State, etc.) (often foll. by of : were disarmed of their rifles). b Fencing etc. deprive of a weapon. 2 tr. deprive (a ship etc.) of its means of defence. 3 intr. (of a State etc.) disband or reduce its armed forces. 4 tr. remove the fuse from (a bomb etc.). 5 tr. deprive of the power to injure. 6 tr. pacify or allay the hostility or suspicions of; mollify; placate. Derivatives disarmer n. disarming adj. (esp. in sense 6). disarmingly adv. Etymology: ME f. OF desarmer (as DIS-, ARM(2)) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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~ v 1 to reduce the size of your armed forces and the number of weapons (Getting the rebels to disarm will not be easy.) 2 to take away someone's weapons (Captured soldiers were disarmed and put into camps.) 3 if your manner or behaviour disarms someone, it is so pleasant that it makes them stop feeling angry or disapproving towards you (That charm of hers can disarm even her sternest critics.) (- see also disarming) 4 to take the explosives out of a bomb, missile (1) etc ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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