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/dɪsˈɑrmɪŋ/ Listen

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.

noun

disarming n. Act of reducing or depriving of weapons.

Synonyms: disarmament.

adjective

disarming adj.

Capable of allaying suspicion or hostility and inspiring confidence; as, a disarming smile.

Capable of allaying hostility.

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Etymology of 'Disarming'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Disarming" Quotes from Famous Books

... frank acceptance of defeat; so frank as to be utterly disarming. He took the proffered hand and held it closely, ...

— The Top of the World • Ethel M. Dell

... and his column at the same instant were to pounce upon the big gun and muskets at the angle on our left; simultaneously Colonel Ralston and his men are to dash upon the nine sentinels on the "dead line" in front of the officers' houses, in a moment disarming them and the nine of the relief just arriving; then spring to the assistance of Major August Haurand of the 4th N. Y. Cavalry and his battalion who are capturing Major Gee's headquarters and guards ...

— Lights and Shadows in Confederate Prisons - A Personal Experience, 1864-5 • Homer B. Sprague

... "Pardon," said Aristide, disarming him with the merry splendour of his glance. "I do not wish to take mademoiselle from you. My love is hopeless! I know it. But it will feed me to my dying day. In return for the joy of this hopeless passion I will not ...

— The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol • William J. Locke

... when she least expected, with his disarming and ingenuous smile. Lucia felt that he had laid an ambush for her by his abstraction; the question and the smile shot, flashed, out of it with a directness that ...

— The Divine Fire • May Sinclair

... varies very considerably as the play proceeds: the impression he gives at the moment is one of totally disarming good humour and childlike unself-consciousness. It would need a very close observer to suspect that there is something wrong somewhere—that this personality is completely assumed. DORA shuts the front door and comes to the ...

— Night Must Fall • Williams, Emlyn

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