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Last year the PKK announced plans to disband and disarm, following a call from its jailed founder and longtime leader Ocalan.

From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 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

Rubio meanwhile said in a statement that the agreement establishes a "clear and structured process" to disarm Hezbollah and its infrastructure, as well as a US-facilitated military working group to help implement the deal.

From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026

It has said a ceasefire is necessary in order for its forces to disarm Hezbollah themselves, but Israel has previously accused the government in Beirut of lacking the ability to do so.

From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026

"Perchance later you'll tell me how a nine-year-old girl the size of a wet rat managed to disarm you with a broom handle and throw your sword in the river."

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

The agreement requires the Lebanese state to take back control of its territory a little at a time as it disarms and dismantles the militant group.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 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

“They want to be inspired. This film disarms people, because it is entertaining. It is funny. It’s dramatic.”

From Washington Times ● Aug. 3, 2023

Statham is less violent here than in previous Ritchie outings, but he remains unflappable, which is why he charms as he disarms with his patented deadpanning and action moves.

From Salon ● Mar. 3, 2023

She disarms me with this bit of truth.

From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi

Pope Leo has presented the first major teaching document of his papacy, warning that artificial intelligence needs to be "disarmed".

From BBC ● May 25, 2026

It even looks like if anyone fired Pretti’s gun, it was a federal agent who had disarmed him and accidentally shot it into the pavement.

From Slate ● Jan. 24, 2026

After Ahmed disarmed Akram, footage showed a man in a white shirt and a black hat running at the gunman and throwing an object at him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025

Any skeptic would find themselves disarmed by her soft smile and twinkling voice, and her tendency to address everyone as “angel.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2025

His swords flashed lightning as, two by two, he disarmed them all.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

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

The seminal pop-punk album, full of romantic innocence and disarming humor, foreshadowed the rise of new wave.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

The combination of thematic sincerity and confident visual sophistication makes for a strangely disarming, almost lyrical experience, closer to a poem than a film — a feeling amplified by the movie’s brisk length.

From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026

In any case, every so often, she lets out a laugh that is so mischievous and exalting, or makes a joke that is completely disarming in its self-deprecation, and we all feel like we’ve won.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026

Visions of disarming bombs and wrestling alligators sweep through my mind.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston