Disarm
[dɪs'ɑːm] or [dɪs'ɑrm]
Definition
(verb.) remove offensive capability from.
(verb.) take away the weapons from; render harmless.
(verb.) make less hostile; win over; 'Her charm disarmed the prosecution lawyer completely'.
Checker: Phelps--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To deprive of arms; to take away the weapons of; to deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render defenseless.
(v. t.) To deprive of the means or the disposition to harm; to render harmless or innocuous; as, to disarm a man's wrath.
Typist: Molly
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1].Deprive of arms.[2].Disable, incapacitate; render powerless, harmless, or innocuous.
Typist: Ursula
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See ARM]
Editor: Vanessa
Definition
v.t. to deprive of arms: to render defenceless: to quell: to deprive of the power to hurt: to reduce to a peace footing.—v.i. to disband troops reduce national armaments to a peace footing.—n. Disarm′ament.
Checker: Sheena
Examples
- You are endeavouring to disarm me by reason, and to convince me against my will. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Your humility, Mr. Bingley, said Elizabeth, must disarm reproof. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Here, again, he disarmed me by not attempting to defend himself. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Her fibres had been softened by suffering, and the sudden glimpse into his mocked and broken life disarmed her contempt for his weakness. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Those whom you have disarmed to satisfy groundless suspicions, will you leave them exposed to the armed madmen of your country? Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Two I had disarmed, and one was down, when several more rushed to the aid of their new ruler, and to avenge the death of the old. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- They converted what they could of the conquered people to Islam; the Christians they disarmed, and conferred upon them the monopoly of tax-paying. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Why were these prisoners not disarmed? Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- As a man of honour,' said he, throwing himself into a chair, 'I am disarmed. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He had even yielded to her wish for a long engagement, since she had found the one disarming answer to his plea for haste. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- But now she had grown more sensitive to criticism and less confident in her power of disarming it. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- He now personally attended to my disarming and saw that I was properly bound. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
Typist: Moira