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disarmament

/dɪsˈɑː(r)məmənt/

disarmament noun: the reduction or the abolition of the military forces and armaments of a nation, and of its capability to wage war.

Noun

disarmament (countable and uncountable, plural disarmaments)

  1. The reduction or the abolition of the military forces and armaments of a nation, and of its capability to wage war.
  2. The act of disarming an opponent in a fight.
    • With spears, swords and knives flying off the stage from intended defensive disarmament, no one sitting near the stage could afford to even blink his eyes.1974, Black Belt, volume 12, number 11, page 15

disarmament meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

disarmament in Hindi

the reduction of military forces and armaments
निरस्त्रीकरण nirastrīkaraṇ, निशस्त्रीकरण niśastrīkaraṇ

disarmament in Tamil

படைக்குறைப்பு, ஆயுதக்குறைப்பு

disarmament in Marathi

निःशस्त्रीकरण, निश्शस्त्रीकरण, निशस्त्रीकरण

disarmament in Urdu

the reduction of military forces and armaments
تَخْفِیفِ اَسْلِحَہ taxfīf-i asliha
More languagesFewer languages
disarmament in Bengali
নিরস্ত্রীকরণ
disarmament in Telugu
నిరాయుధీకరణ, నిరాయుధీకరణం, నిశ్శస్త్రీకరణ
disarmament in Malayalam
നിരായുധീകരണം
disarmament in Kannada
ನಿಶ್ಯಸ್ತ್ರೀಕರಣ, ನಿರಸ್ತ್ರೀಕರಣ, ನಿಶ್ಶಸ್ತ್ರೀಕರಣ
disarmament in Punjabi
ਨਿਸ਼ਸਤਰੀਕਰਨ, ਨਿਹੱਥੇਕਰਨ
disarmament in Gujarati
નિઃશસ્ત્રીકરણ, નિરસ્ત્રીકરણ, નિશસ્ત્રીકરણ
disarmament in Odia
ନିରସ୍ତ୍ରୀକରଣ, ନିଶସ୍ତ୍ରୀକରଣ, ନିଃଶସ୍ତ୍ରୀକରଣ
disarmament in Nepali
निशस्त्रीकरण, निरस्त्रीकरण, निःशस्त्रीकरण
disarmament in Arabic
نَزْع السِلَاح nazʕ as-silāḥ

Forms of disarmament

pluraldisarmaments

Origin of disarmament

From disarm + -ment, modeled after armament. By surface analysis, dis + armament.

Words formed from disarmament

Questions about disarmament

What does disarmament mean?
Disarmament means the reduction or the abolition of the military forces and armaments of a nation, and of its capability to wage war.
What is disarmament in Hindi?
Disarmament in Hindi is निरस्त्रीकरण (nirastrīkaraṇ), निशस्त्रीकरण (niśastrīkaraṇ). See Disarmament meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is disarmament?
Disarmament is a noun.
How do you pronounce disarmament?
Disarmament is pronounced /dɪsˈɑː(r)məmənt/ (UK).
What is the plural of disarmament?
The plural of disarmament is disarmaments.

Words near disarmament in the dictionary

  1. disapproving
  2. disapprovingly
  3. disard
  4. disards
  5. disarm
  6. disarmament
  7. disarmaments
  8. disarmature
  9. disarmed
  10. disarmer
  11. disarmers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: disarmament (page history and authors); disarmament (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disarmament (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disarmament (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disarmament (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disarmament (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disarmament (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disarmament (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disarmament (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disarmament (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disarmament (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.

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