Disarming
[dɪs'ɑːmɪŋ] or [dɪs'ɑrmɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) act of reducing or depriving of arms; 'the disarmament of the aggressor nations must be complete'.
(adj.) capable of allaying hostility .
Checker: Maisie--From WordNet
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Disarm
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disarm
Typist: Wesley
Examples
- 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.
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