disarm

Meanings

Plural: disarms

Verb

• remove offensive capability from
• make less hostile; win over
  • "Her charm disarmed the prosecution lawyer completely"
• take away the weapons from; render harmless
• To deprive of weapons; to deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render defenseless.
• To deprive of the means or the disposition to harm; to render harmless or innocuous.
• To lay down arms; to stand down.
• To reduce one's own military forces.
• To render into a state in which something is no longer armed, or prepared for use (such as to disable the security systems on).

Noun

• The act of depriving a person of a weapon they carry.

Synonyms

demilitarise, demilitarize, unarm

Antonyms

arm