disarm

/dɪsˈɑː(ɹ)m/US/dɪsˈɑɹm/

disarm verb: to deprive of weapons; to deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render defenseless.

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.
- [recreation of speech given in 1775] They tell us, sir, […] that we are weak―unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? […] Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and a British guard shall be stationed in every house?1817, William Wirt, Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry
- The Japanese armored cruiser Nisshin has been hit badly. Shells have sheared off several main guns and virtually disarmed the vessel. In the middle of all this, one Ensign Isoroku Yamamoto loses two fingers to the remains of an explosion.2019 September 18, Drachinifel, 26:33 from the start, in Battle of Tsushima - When the 2nd Pacific Squadron thought it couldn't get any worse..., archived from the original on 04 Dec 2022
(transitive) To deprive of the means or the disposition to harm; to render harmless or innocuous.
- to disarm a man's wrath
- ON THE NARROW GAUGE. By P. B. Whitehouse. Nelson 30s. [...] In an introductory note Mr. Whitehouse disarms any criticism from narrow-gauge aficionados as immersed in the subject as himself by pointing out that his book has no pretensions to the status of a new narrow-gauge textbook; [...].1964 July, “New Books”, in Modern Railways, page 74
(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).
- You can open and close all the doors you want during this delay. Just keep in mind that if you have to re-enter, and it has been close to a minute, you may want to disarm and then re-arm just to be on the safe side.2012, Todd Julian, Deter & Minimize: The Facts You Need to Know About Home Security, →ISBN

Noun

disarm (plural disarms)

The act of depriving a person of a weapon they carry.
- As a brief background, the gun disarms originally taught to S.A.C. Airmen as part of the Combative Measures program were taken from Kodokan Goshin-Jutsu.2010, Steven Kaplan, Taiho-Jutsu: The Art of Arrests, page 194

disarm meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Bengali and Telugu

disarm in Tamil

நிராயுதபாணியாக்கு, ஆயுதத்தைப் பறி, வலு இழக்கச் செய், எதிர்ப்பை அகற்று

disarm in Marathi

निःशस्त्र करण्यासाठी, निःशस्त्रीकरण करण्यासाठी

disarm in Bengali

নিরস্ত্র করা, নিরস্ত্র করতে

disarm in Telugu

నిరాయుధీకరించడానికి

More languagesFewer languages

disarm in Malayalam: നിരായുധീകരിക്കുക, പ്രത്യാക്രമണശക്തി നശിപ്പിക്കുക, നിരുപദ്രവമാക്കുക
disarm in Kannada: ಕಸುವು ಕೆಡಿಸು, ನಿರಾಯುಧನನ್ನಾಗಿ ಮಾಡು, ನಿಶ್ಶಸ್ತ್ರಗೊಳಿಸು, ಶಸ್ತ್ರಬಲ ತಗ್ಗಿಸು
disarm in Gujarati: નિઃશસ્ત્ર કરવા માટે, નિઃશસ્ત્રીકરણ કરવા માટે
disarm in Odia: ନିରସ୍ତ୍ର କରିବା
disarm in Nepali: निशस्त्र गर्न, निशस्त्रीकरण गर्न
disarm in Vietnamese: tài binh

Examples of disarm in a sentence

As for Victor Charlie here, we captured him and disarmed him.
Aaron disarms his rivals by outproducing them; his staff sends forth sprouts and blossoms, whereas the staffs of the other tribes cannot flower.
Perhaps disarmed by his own scandalous behaviour with Bathsheba, he was in no position to castigate his son for a similar fault.

All 11 example sentences with disarm

Forms of disarm

Verb
third-person singular present	disarms
present participle	disarming
past participle	disarmed
past	disarmed
Noun
plural	disarms

Past tense of disarm: disarmed

Origin of disarm

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

Words formed from disarm

Words that rhyme with disarm

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Questions about disarm

What does disarm mean?: Disarm means to deprive of weapons; to deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render defenseless.
What is disarm in Tamil?: Disarm in Tamil is நிராயுதபாணியாக்கு, ஆயுதத்தைப் பறி, வலு இழக்கச் செய். See Disarm meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is disarm?: Disarm can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce disarm?: Disarm is pronounced /dɪsˈɑː(ɹ)m/ (UK).
What is the past tense of disarm?: The past tense of disarm is disarmed.

Words near disarm in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: disarm (page history and authors); disarm (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disarm (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disarm (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disarm (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disarm (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disarm (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disarm (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disarm (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disarm (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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