| 单词 | disarm |
| 释义 | disarm (once / 720 pages) v When you disarm someone, you take their weapons away from them. An archery instructor might, for example, disarm a student if he wasn't handling his bow and arrow carefully. To disarm is to remove a gun, knife — or any kind of weapon — from someone's hands, or from a group of people. A government might work to disarm a rebel group, for example, and police officers sometimes offer to pay money for guns in an attempt to disarm citizens. You can also use the verb to mean "win someone over," like when you disarm a cranky store cashier with your friendly smile. Disarm has an Old French root word, desarmer. WORD FAMILYdisarm: disarmament, disarmed, disarmer, disarming, disarms+/arm: armament, armed, armful, arming, armless, armlet, armlike, armor, arms, disarm, forearm, overarm, re-arm, rearm, unarm, underarm/armament: armaments/armful: armfuls/arming: armings/armlet: armlets/armor: armored, armorer, armoring, armors/armored: unarmored/armorer: armorers/disarmament: disarmaments/disarmer: disarmers/disarming: disarmingly, disarmings/forearm: forearmed, forearming, forearms/rearm: rearmament, rearmed, rearming, rearms/rearmament: rearmaments/unarm: unarmed, unarming, unarms/underarm: underarms USAGE EXAMPLESHis sense of humor is disarming, as he pivots from comical to solemn in a split-second. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) “If the government provides security and asks us to put down our weapons, we will disarm,” he said. The Guardian(Dec 26, 2016) They heard the shot and disarmed him at Mueller Park Junior High School in Bountiful, about 11 miles north of Salt Lake City. Seattle Times(Dec 22, 2016) 1v take away the weapons from; render harmless Syn|Hypo|Hyper unarm demilitarise, demilitarize do away with the military organization and potential of neutralise, neutralizemake incapable of military action deprive, divest, strip take away possessions from someone 2v remove offensive capability from Syn|Ant demilitarise, demilitarize arm, build up, fortify, gird prepare oneself for a military confrontation 3v make less hostile; win over Her charm disarmed the prosecution lawyer completely Hyper convert, convince, win over make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something |
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