disarm

disarm
Synonyms and related words:
allure, appease, attract, bewitch, captivate, charm, conciliate, cripple, deactivate, decommission, deflate, demilitarize, demobilize, disable, disband, enchain, enchant, fascinate, gag, hamstring, handcuff, hobble, hog-tie, immobilize, incapacitate, knock out, manacle, mollify, muzzle, pacify, paralyze, placate, propitiate, prostrate, put at ease, reconcile, reconvert, set at ease, sheathe the sword, silence, strangle, throttle, truss up, win over

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  • Disarm — Heart cover Single by The Smashing Pumpkins from the album Siamese Dream …   Wikipedia

  • Disarm — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Disarm es una canción de la banda estadounidense The Smashing Pumpkins. Fue lanzada como el tercer single de su segundo álbum, Siamese Dream. Está escrita por Billy Corgan y está considerada una de las mejores… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Disarm — Dis*arm , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disarming}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disarming}.] [OE. desarmen, F. d[ e]sarmer; pref. d[ e]s (L. dis ) + armer to arm. See {Arm}.] 1. To deprive of arms; to take away the weapons of; to deprive of the means of attack or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • disarm — [v1] render defenseless conciliate, cripple, deactivate, debilitate, deescalate, demilitarize, demobilize, disable, disband, disqualify, incapacitate, invalidate, neutralize, occupy, pacify, paralyze, prostrate, skin, strip, subdue, subjugate,… …   New thesaurus

  • disarm — I (divest of arms) verb arma homini adimere, attenuate, cripple, deactivate, debilitate, decimate, deescalate, demilitarize, demobilize, deprive of arms, deprive of means of defense, deprive of power, deprive of strength, deprive of weapons,… …   Law dictionary

  • disarm — late 14c., from O.Fr. desarmer (11c.), from des (see DIS (Cf. dis )) + armer to arm (see ARM (Cf. arm) (v.)). The figurative sense is slightly earlier in English than the literal. Related: Disarmed; disarming …   Etymology dictionary

  • disarm — ► VERB 1) take a weapon or weapons away from. 2) (of a country or force) give up or reduce its armed forces or weapons. 3) remove the fuse from (a bomb). 4) allay the hostility or suspicions of; win over …   English terms dictionary

  • disarm — [dis ärm′, dis′ärm′] vt. [ME disarmen < OFr desarmer: see DIS & ARM2] 1. to take away weapons or armaments from 2. to deprive of the ability to hurt; make harmless 3. to overcome the hostility of; make friendly vi …   English World dictionary

  • disarm — [[t]dɪ̱sɑ͟ː(r)m[/t]] disarms, disarming, disarmed 1) VERB To disarm a person or group means to take away all their weapons. [V n] We will agree to disarming troops and leaving their weapons at military positions. 2) VERB If a country or group… …   English dictionary

  • disarm — UK [dɪsˈɑː(r)m] / US [dɪsˈɑrm] verb Word forms disarm : present tense I/you/we/they disarm he/she/it disarms present participle disarming past tense disarmed past participle disarmed 1) a) [transitive] to take someone s weapons so that they can… …   English dictionary

  • disarm — verb Etymology: Middle English desarmen, literally, to divest of arms, from Anglo French desarmer, from des dis + armer to arm Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to deprive of means, reason, or disposition to be …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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