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disarm

verb
🔊/dɪsˈɑːm/
🔊/dɪsˈɑːrm/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they disarm
🔊/dɪsˈɑːm/
🔊/dɪsˈɑːrm/
he / she / it disarms
🔊/dɪsˈɑːmz/
🔊/dɪsˈɑːrmz/
past simple disarmed
🔊/dɪsˈɑːmd/
🔊/dɪsˈɑːrmd/
past participle disarmed
🔊/dɪsˈɑːmd/
🔊/dɪsˈɑːrmd/
-ing form disarming
🔊/dɪsˈɑːmɪŋ/
🔊/dɪsˈɑːrmɪŋ/
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  1. [transitive] disarm somebody to take a weapon or weapons away from somebody缴（某人）的械；解除（某人）的武装
    • Most of the rebels were captured and disarmed.大部分叛乱分子被俘获并解除了武装。🔊🔊
    Topics War and conflictc2
  2. [intransitive] (of a country or a group of people国家或集体) to reduce the size of an army or to give up some or all weapons, especially nuclear weapons裁军；裁减军备（尤指核武器）
    • The government was reluctant to disarm.政府不愿解除武装。
    Topics War and conflictc2
  3. [transitive] disarm somebody to make somebody feel less angry or critical消释（某人）的怒气（或批评）
    • He disarmed her immediately by apologizing profusely.他一再向她道歉，很快便消解了她的怒气。🔊🔊
    • The best way to disarm your critics is to make them laugh.使批评你的人息怒的最好办法是让他们哈哈大笑。
    4. compare arm
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French desarmer.