disarmed
Example Sentences
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Since Lebanon’s civil war ended in 1990, the army has disarmed various nonstate actors, played intermediary between rival political factions and has cracked down on drug smuggling and Islamist groups.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 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
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
More than 800 fighters from those two groups have been disarmed since July, according to the UN peacekeeping mission MINUSCA.
From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025
He had his hand out and was smiling broadly, and in fact, from that very first moment, he completely disarmed me.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
