disarm

disarm
    v 1: remove offensive capability from [syn: {disarm},
         {demilitarize}, {demilitarise}] [ant: {arm}, {build up},
         {fortify}, {gird}]
    2: make less hostile; win over; "Her charm disarmed the
       prosecution lawyer completely"
    3: take away the weapons from; render harmless [syn: {disarm},
       {unarm}]
    

Disarm \Dis*arm"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disarming}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Disarming}.] [OE. desarmen, F. d['e]sarmer; pref. d['e]s-
   (L. dis-) + armer to arm. See {Arm}.]
   1. To deprive of arms; to take away the weapons of; to
      deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render
      defenseless.
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            Security disarms the best-appointed army. --Fuller.
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            The proud was half disarmed of pride. --Tennyson.
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   2. To deprive of the means or the disposition to harm; to
      render harmless or innocuous; as, to disarm a man's wrath.
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44 Moby Thesaurus words for "disarm":
      allure, appease, attract, bewitch, captivate, charm, conciliate,
      cripple, deactivate, decommission, deflate, demilitarize,
      demobilize, disable, disband, enchain, enchant, fascinate, gag,
      hamstring, handcuff, hobble, hog-tie, immobilize, incapacitate,
      knock out, manacle, mollify, muzzle, pacify, paralyze, placate,
      propitiate, prostrate, put at ease, reconcile, reconvert,
      set at ease, sheathe the sword, silence, strangle, throttle,
      truss up, win over