English Explanatory Dictionary

disarm

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To deprive of weapons; to deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render defenseless.
  2. To deprive of the means or the disposition to harm; to render harmless or innocuous.
  3. To lay down arms; to stand down.
  4. To reduce one's own military forces.
  5. To render into a state in which something is no longer armed, or prepared for use (such as to disable the security systems on).
noun
  1. The act of depriving a person of a weapon they carry.

Pronunciation

/dɪsˈɑː(ɹ)m/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-disarm.wav /dɪsˈɑɹm/

Word forms

disarm disarms disarming disarmed

Etymology

From Middle English desarmen (“to divest of arms”), from Anglo-Norman desarmer.

Derived words

disarmament disarmer undisarmed

Translations

Armenian: զինաթափել Asturian: desarmar Belarusian: раззбро́йваць Belarusian: раззбро́іць Belarusian: абяззбро́йваць Belarusian: абяззбро́іць Bulgarian: обезоръжавам Catalan: desarmar Chinese Mandarin: 解除武裝 /解除武装 Czech: odzbrojit Danish: afvæbne Dutch: ontwapenen Esperanto: malarmi Finnish: riisua aseista French: désarmer Gallurese: disalmà German: entwaffnen Hungarian: lefegyverez Icelandic: afvopna Ido: desarmizar Irish: dí-armáil Italian: disarmare Japanese: 武装解除する Latin: exarmō Latin: dēarmō Latvian: atbruņot Māori: tupe Old English: bewǣpnian Polish: rozbrajać Polish: rozbroić Portuguese: desarmar Romanian: dezarma Russian: разоружа́ть Russian: разоружи́ть Russian: обезору́живать Russian: обезору́жить Campidanese Sardinian: disarmai Sassarese: disaimai Scottish Gaelic: dì-armaich Serbo-Croatian: разоружати Serbo-Croatian: razoružati Spanish: desarmar Swedish: avväpna Turkish: silahsızlanmak Ukrainian: роззбро́ювати Ukrainian: роззбро́їти Ukrainian: обеззбро́ювати Ukrainian: обеззбро́їти Welsh: diarfogi
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