disarmed

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Wearing cowboy boots and a handlebar mustache, he had a Texas twang and a quiet, calm presence that disarmed suspects, eliciting confessions.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

It has said the campaign will continue until Hezbollah is disarmed.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

The U.S. had hoped finding a solution for the Rafah fighters could also serve as a model for how Hamas could be peacefully disarmed, the Arab officials and a U.S. official said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 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

Without a normally functioning liver the body would be disarmed — defenseless against the great variety of poisons that continually invade it.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson