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as in to demilitarize
to reduce the size and strength of the armed forces of
the defeated nation was disarmed so that it would never again be a threat to international order
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as in to appease
to lessen the anger or agitation of
her future father-in-law was totally disarmed by her easy charm
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as in demilitarization
the reduction or elimination of a country's armed forces or weapons
the ambassador spoke at length about the possible unilateral disarmament of his country
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Recent Examples of disarm
Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Oct. 2024
My two great powers are my ability to claim and disarm people from all walks of life, and my ability to crunch numbers in a pinch.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 18 Sep. 2024
The juvenile was safely disarmed, taken off campus without incident, and is receiving mental health assistance, police said.
—Bay City News Service, The Mercury News, 27 Oct. 2024
Humor in a song is a way a lot of times to disarm somebody… to disarm and also attract.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Oct. 2024
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The bombs are sometimes unearthed during construction projects and safely disarmed by specialists.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Oct. 2024
My two great powers are my ability to claim and disarm people from all walks of life, and my ability to crunch numbers in a pinch.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 18 Sep. 2024
The juvenile was safely disarmed, taken off campus without incident, and is receiving mental health assistance, police said.
—Bay City News Service, The Mercury News, 27 Oct. 2024
Humor in a song is a way a lot of times to disarm somebody… to disarm and also attract.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disarm
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Until Sunday, the summit was demilitarized and patrolled by UN peacekeepers – their highest permanent position in the world.Mick Krever, CNN, 14 Dec. 2024
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If Israel cannot fully remove Hamas from power, demilitarize the strip, and back a new authority in Gaza, then Hamas will likely reconstitute itself and fight another day.John Spencer, Foreign Affairs, 21 Aug. 2024
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On Wednesday, Albertsons blamed Kroger for not trying harder to appease wary regulators and therefore breaching its merger agreement to act in good faith.Alexander Coolidge, The Enquirer, 11 Dec. 2024
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Questions about a plan to sell off some stores The judge separately weighed the plan by Kroger and Albertsons to sell hundreds of their stores to a firm called C&S Wholesale Grocers as a condition of their merger, meant to appease regulators.Alina Selyukh, NPR, 10 Dec. 2024
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In Munich, demobilized soldiers, right-wing paramilitaries, and Communist militants fought in the streets, while leaders of the new Weimar Republic were routinely assassinated.George Packer, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
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The idea behind his main initiative, Total Peace, stems from a lesson learned from years of government efforts to end conflict in Colombia: demobilizing just one group empowers others to grow.Elizabeth Dickinson, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Disarm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disarm. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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