DISARM

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

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Etymology

Verb

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.

Anagrams

• dirams

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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