disarm

Example Sentences

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But their chief of staff, Lt Gen Eyal Zamir, has said his objective is to disarm Hezbollah, and that what was needed now above all was "persistence and patience".

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

Beirut dithered away all of 2025 while U.S. envoy Tom Barrack pleaded with it to disarm Hezbollah.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

Morgan said it was "obviously a lie", adding: "It's a lie which gives him the ability to disarm, to disarm by distraction, Mr Teeton."

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

“I didn’t feel or see Mr. Glenn trying to disarm me,” Kawahara testified.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2026

“How can you persuade a paranoid adversary to disarm ‘by example’?”

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik