disarm

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English desarmen (“to divest of arms”), from Anglo-Norman desarmer. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /dɪsˈɑː(ɹ)m/ (US) IPA(key): /dɪsˈɑɹm/ Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)m === Verb === disarm (third-person singular simple present disarms, present participle disarming, simple past and past participle disarmed) (transitive) To deprive of weapons; to deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render defenseless. (transitive) To deprive of the means or the disposition to harm; to render harmless or innocuous. (intransitive) To lay down arms; to stand down. (intransitive) To reduce one's own military forces. (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). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === disarm (plural disarms) The act of depriving a person of a weapon they carry. === References === “disarm”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. “disarm”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. === Anagrams === dirams