disarm, demilitarize, demilitarise
(verb) remove offensive capability from
disarm, unarm
(verb) take away the weapons from; render harmless
disarm
(verb) make less hostile; win over; “Her charm disarmed the prosecution lawyer completely”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
disarm (third-person singular simple present disarms, present participle disarming, simple past and past participle disarmed)
(transitive) To deprive of weapons; to deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render defenseless.
(transitive) To deprive of the means or the disposition to harm; to render harmless or innocuous
(intransitive) To lay down arms; to stand down.
(intransitive) To reduce one's own military forces.
(transitive) To disable the security systems on.
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Source: Wiktionary
Dis*arm", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disarming; p. pr. & vb. n. Disarming.] Etym: [OE. desarmen, F. désarmer; pref. dés- (L. dis-) + armer to arm. See Arm.]
1. To deprive of arms; to take away the weapons of; to deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render defenseless. Security disarms the best-appointed army. Fuller. The proud was half disarmed of pride. Tennyson.
2. To deprive of the means or the disposition to harm; to render harmless or innocuous; as, to disarm a man's wrath.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
20 June 2025
(adjective) marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself; “a modest apartment”; “too modest to wear his medals”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
