disarm
Example Sentences
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There is something so tender—almost disarming—about both giving and receiving a homemade gift, especially something from someone’s kitchen.
From Salon
In addition to training the army, the Russians have been helping disarm rebels, he said.
From Barron's
Talks over the second stage have remained stuck due to various disagreements, including Hamas’s opposition to disarming.
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.
The second phase of the plan requires Hamas to give up governance, disarm and transfer control of the territory to an international force of troops and a technocratic committee of Palestinians who would run it.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.