| VERB | competition | disarm, demilitarize, demilitarise | remove offensive capability from |
|---|---|---|---|
| emotion | disarm | make less hostile | |
| competition | disarm, unarm | take away the weapons from |
| Sounds | dihsaa'rm | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | alarm ... underarm: 13 rhymes with aarm... | |
| Meaning | Remove offensive capability from. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | demilitarize, demilitarise | |
| Opposite | arm, build up, fortify, gird | Prepare oneself for a military confrontation |
| Spanish | desarmar, desmilitarizar | |
| Catalan | desarmar, desmilitaritzar | |
| Nouns | disarming, disarmament | act of reducing or depriving of arms |
| Meaning | make less hostile; win over. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | Sam cannot disarm Sue | |
| Example | "Her charm disarmed the prosecution lawyer completely" | |
| Broader | convert, win over, convince | make (someone) agree / agree, understand, or realize / realize the truth or validity of something |
| Spanish | desarmar | |
| Catalan | desarmar | |
| Meaning | take away the weapons from; render harmless. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonym | unarm | |
| Narrower | demilitarize, demilitarise | Do away with the military organization and potential of |
| Broader | deprive, strip, divest | take away possessions from someone |
| Spanish | aplacar, desarmar | |
| Catalan | apaivagar, aplacar, desarmar | |
| Nouns | disarmer | someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes |
| disarming, disarmament | act of reducing or depriving of arms | |
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