Translate disarm | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of disarm
verb
[with object] 1take a weapon or weapons away from (a person, force, or country):guerrillas had completely disarmed and demobilized their forces [no object] (of a country or force) give up or reduce its armed forces or weapons:the other militias had disarmed by the agreed deadline remove the fuse from (a bomb), making it safe.
2allay the hostility or suspicions of:his tact and political skills will disarm critics deprive of the power to injure or hurt:camp humor acts to provoke rather than disarm moral indignation
