How to Use disarm in a Sentence

disarm

verb

• It took more than an hour to disarm the bomb.
• The terrorists have refused to disarm.
• The government has been unsuccessful at disarming the rebels.
• The pilot ordered the teen on the ground and then the teen was disarmed.
  — Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 5 Feb. 2025
• The 68-year-old man tried to disarm Liu and was also stabbed.
  — Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 9 Dec. 2022
• This works with Alexa to arm and disarm the alarms or just to check the status of the system.
  — Chris Hachey, BGR, 12 May 2021
• With that, Fin lunges at the boy to try and disarm him, but the gun goes off amid the struggle.
  — Alex Ross, Peoplemag, 10 June 2024
• Police said two men helped to disarm Aldrich the night of the shooting.
  — Ray Sanchez, CNN, 22 Feb. 2023
• Strand disarmed Wallace, and placed him in an arm lock on the ground, the suit says.
  — Sarah Ladd, The Courier-Journal, 2 Apr. 2019
• Use the key to reverse the lock the shackle to disarm the alarm for travel.
  — Matt Williams, Dallas News, 9 Dec. 2022
• Even nearer the end of the book, Smith begins to disarm this fear.
  — Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2020
• The father was knocked to the ground and disarmed during the fight, before his son picked up the gun.
  — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 20 Feb. 2025
• The footage shows the man tackle Calhoun, disarm him and shoot him.
  — Tom Steele, Dallas News, 12 June 2020
• The sheriff said the pastor was armed, but the suspect was able to disarm him.
  — CBS News, 3 Jan. 2021
• The victim pulled out a gun and tried to fight back but was disarmed by Fisher.
  — Connor Van Ligten, azcentral, 28 Feb. 2020
• The two deputies managed to disarm and subdue the suspect.
  — Thomas Lake, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2023
• The chief said the gunman may have disarmed the officer and shot him with his own firearm.
  — Jay R. Jordan, Houston Chronicle, 13 Sep. 2019
• In a grim tactic, the men in the church use a body as a decoy to disarm the attackers, and rush out.
  — Steffan Triplett, Vulture, 16 May 2021
• The Democrats had a chance to disarm this ticking time bomb during the lame-duck session but chose not to.
  — Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 14 Jan. 2023
• The pastor was armed and drew his firearm, but the suspect lunged at the pastor and was able to disarm him, the sheriff said.
  — Author: Dana Branham, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Jan. 2021
• That’s why the first thing that all tyrants do is disarm the people, just like Chavez did when he was first elected.
  — Emma Colton, Fox News, 8 Sep. 2024
• One of the suspects raised a handgun prompting the man to attempt to disarm the suspect.
  — Lillian Reed, baltimoresun.com, 12 Dec. 2019
• Roland disarmed one of robbers and shot him in the leg before the other two attacked him.
  — Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 May 2023
• The driver was found with a pistol in his front right pocket and was disarmed.
  — Jason Wolf, The Arizona Republic, 16 Sep. 2024
• Her dad left the pulpit, fought the man to the ground, disarmed him and then dragged him to the altar and held him in a half-nelson until the man prayed.
  — John Schmid, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 June 2018
• Democrats have a chance to disarm this gun before McCarthy and his colleagues place it to the side of the nation’s head in a few months.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 19 Oct. 2022
• But for all of the momentum, the calls to disarm police have been met with many hurdles.
  — oregonlive, 10 Aug. 2020
• The shooting led to protests on the campus and demands that the campus police be disarmed.
  — Andrew Selsky, The Seattle Times, 9 Oct. 2018
• Israel says Hamas must be disarmed for any lasting peace.
  — Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
• After being shot, the woman was able to disarm the attacker and run for help to a neighboring business.
  — Mollie Markowitz, Fox News, 19 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 25 Mar 2025