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verb

Disarm v. t. (past & past part. disarming; pres. part. disarming)

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." "The proud was half disarmed of pride."

To deprive of the means or the disposition to harm; to render harmless or innocuous; as, to disarm a man's wrath.

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Etymology of 'Disarm'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Disarm" Quotes from Famous Books

... no sooner reached his pavilion, than squires and pages in abundance tendered their services to disarm him, to bring fresh attire, and to offer him the refreshment of the bath. Their zeal on this occasion was perhaps sharpened by curiosity, since every one desired to know who the knight was that had gained ...

— Ivanhoe - A Romance • Walter Scott

... in a transport that seemed to touch the cloud heights, was neither like the voice of the easy traveller on the pass, nor the voice of his sharp call to Leddy to disarm, nor the voice of the storyteller. It had a new note, ...

— Over the Pass • Frederick Palmer

... replied Hafner, "at some new masterpiece, at a romance which is laid in Roman society, I am sure. Mistrust him, Prince, and you, ladies, disarm the portrayer." ...

— Serge Panine • Georges Ohnet

... "do not kill him, young man, I beg of you. I have an old affair to settle with him when I am cured and sound again. Disarm him only—make sure of his sword. That's it! ...

— The Three Musketeers • Alexandre Dumas, Pere

... valour that disarm'd us, I had the better of him; for Dinant, If that might make my peace with you, I dare Write him a Coward upon every post, And with the hazard of my life ...

— The Little French Lawyer - A Comedy • Francis Beaumont

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