disarmamentnoun [ U ]
uk/dɪˈsɑː.mə.mənt/us/dɪˈsɑːr.mə.mənt/the act of taking away or giving up weapons:
She said she supported nuclear disarmament.
the disarmament of the militia
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Providing weapons or taking weapons away
- arm
- armament
- armed
- arms control
- arms race
- bare
- capability
- decommission
- disarm
- gun control
- militarized
- nuclear-free
- pack
- peace dividend
- rearm
- reinforce
- tooled up
- unarmed
- under arms idiom
- with your bare hands idiom