disarm
dis orm
- v remove offensive capability from
- v make less hostile; win over
Her charm disarmed the prosecution lawyer completely - v take away the weapons from; render harmless
- Stepping up retaliation following last Sunday's terror bombings, Yasser Arafat ordered PLO security forces todisarm militant Islamic opponentsin Gaza, despite threats that such .
- By shooting water into a minefield and monitoring sounds, the system can detect and disarm explosives without setting them off.
- He needs to put pressure on Arafat to disarm all unofficial Palestinian forces in line with the Mitchell proposals.