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disarm

[dis-ahrm] / dɪsˈɑrm /




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Zaidi, who took office in May, has vowed to disarm them and bring all weapons under state control following the coalition's exit.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

“But candidates like Talarico are changing that. His theological acumen and keen ability to use the language of the New Testament to disarm bad-faith religious attacks is showing a new way forward.”

From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2026

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun told AFP in an exclusive interview he wants to reach a security agreement with Israel once it withdraws from the south, and is determined to disarm Hezbollah without resorting to confrontation.

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

“President Trump and his team think they can get Hamas to disarm and demilitarize Gaza,” he said in a video.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

She knew how to flirt, knew how to disarm someone with a compliment, and knew how to conquer that initial mountain of awkward that usually defeated him.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

He has grown increasingly frustrated with the Sudanese military, which refuses to engage in a peace process unless the RSF disarms and withdraws from the territory it has occupied.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

This momentarily disarms Vytas and Marija, but afterward we see them sobbing quietly in separate rooms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

"Our approach is to use a particular type of phage that disarms the bacteria. We remove their ability to exchange drug-resistance genes or to move around by breaking off this appendage."

From Science Daily ● Apr. 15, 2024

“The honesty of it disarms you at every turn.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2024

She disarms me with this bit of truth.

From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi

Several members of the guard were subsequently disarmed and placed under supervision at military headquarters.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

The justice minister praised the "brave people who disarmed the attacker", referring to a group of people who can be seen intervening in a video of the incident circulated online.

From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026

Even if the regime doesn’t fall, it will be leaderless, impoverished, isolated, besieged, mostly disarmed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 2, 2026

A Syrian immigrant, the owner of a nearby fruit stand, tackled and disarmed one of the gunmen at great personal risk.

From Slate ● Dec. 17, 2025

I challenged, stepping into the space between me and the guard who’d disarmed me earlier.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline

She was a disarming contradiction: manufactured and utterly sincere.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

A man who was hailed a hero for disarming one of the Bondi Beach shooters in December has had assault charges against him dropped by police.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

Fruit seller Ahmed al Ahmed was hailed as a hero after footage showed him disarming a gunman during the December 14 attack, which killed 15 people at a Jewish festival.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

These sorts of surprises bloom from the center of Olivia Wilde’s latest directorial effort, “The Invite,” a chamber comedy that’s equal parts droll and disarming.

From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026

“I see,” Rariden said with a smile that would have been disarming, if not for the glint of white teeth when he did it.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros




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