Meaning

5 senses
  1. (transitive)To deprive of weapons; to deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render defenseless.

    take away the weapons from; render harmless

  2. (transitive)To deprive of the means or the disposition to harm; to render harmless or innocuous.

    to disarm a man's wrath

    entwaffnen

    обезвре́живатьobezvréživatʹ, обезвре́дитьobezvréditʹ

  3. (intransitive)To lay down arms; to stand down.

    entwaffnen

    разоружа́тьсяrazoružátʹsja, разоружи́тьсяrazoružítʹsja, сложи́ть ору́жиеsložítʹ orúžije

    роззбро́юватиrozzbrójuvaty, роззбро́їтиrozzbrójity, обеззбро́юватиobezzbrójuvaty

  4. (intransitive)To reduce one's own military forces.

    разоружа́тьсяrazoružátʹsja, разоружи́тьсяrazoružítʹsja

  5. (transitive)To render into a state in which something is no longer armed, or prepared for use (such as to disable the security systems on).

Examples

26 sentences
  1. Tom gave a disarming smile and continued talking.

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  2. Tom gave what he hoped was a disarming smile.

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  3. Tom gave Mary what he hoped was a disarming smile.

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  4. How are you going to disarm Tom?

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  5. Tom had a disarming smile.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to deprive of arms:
Русский
By meaning 3
to deprive of the means or the disposition to harm:
to lay down arms:
to deprive of arms:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to deprive of the means or the disposition to harm:

Origin

From Middle English desarmen (“to divest of arms”), from Anglo-Norman desarmer.

From Middle English desarmen (“to divest of arms”), from Anglo-Norman desarmer.

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Forms

disarms, disarming, disarmed, disarmed
Base formdisarm · to disarm
3rd person singulardisarms
Present participledisarming
Past simpledisarmed
Past participledisarmed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydisarm
he, she, itdisarms

Past simpleLesson

all personsdisarmed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave disarmed
he, she, ithas disarmed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill disarm

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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