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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 defense; to render defenseless. Security disarms the best-appointed army. --Fuller. The proud was half disarmed of pride. --Tennyson. 2. To deprive of the means or the disposition to harm; to render harmless or innocuous; as to disarm a man's wrath. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: disarming adj 1: capable of allaying suspicion or hostility and inspiring confidence; "a disarming smile" 2: capable of allaying hostility n : act of reducing or depriving of arms: "the disarmament of the aggressor nations must be complete" [syn: {disarmament}] [ant: {arming}, {arming}]
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