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Definitions
Wiktionary
- v. third-person singular simple present indicative form of disarm.
Etymologies
- Middle English disarmen, from Old French desarmer : des-, dis- + armer, to arm (from Latin armāre, from arma, weapons; see ar- in Indo-European roots).
Examples
“As he steps down from the cabin, he is almost angry enough to punch somebody, anybody -- even the civilian liaison, who emerges from a group of Navy men, but whose solemn expression disarms him.”
Asimov's Science Fiction
“I speak it with a heart full of anguish -- with a tongue unable to utter my emotions -- but it must be spoken -- the fatal truth -- that if your royal goodness cannot yield to us a boon which we hold necessary to our security and your own, your Majesty with one word disarms ten thousand men, ready to draw their swords in your behalf; or, to speak yet more plainly, you annihilate even the semblance of a royal party in Great”
“And then there's the last sentence--"disarms" could mean takes away his defenses, which I guess the conspiracy theories might be.”
“Majesty with one word disarms ten thousand men, ready to draw their swords in your behalf; or, to speak yet more plainly, you annihilate even the semblance of a royal party in Great Britain.’”
“It kind of disarms you with its stupidity, and then attempts to give you something imbued with a little bit of ... profundity.”
“Farmer's daughter disarms terrorist and shoots him dead with AK47" (Telegraph, via Maggie Koerth-Baker)”
“The aw-shucks shtick reassures the jaded, disarms critics and allows John Hickenlooper to be the consummate politico while not seeming like one.”
The Huffington Post: Sean Paige: Is Hickenlooper a Reliable Ally?
“Our Government ineffectively disarms the Criminals and overwhelmingly criminalizes and jails the Honest Good Citizen that arms to defend themselves from the criminals!!!”
“There's a new intern helping the Jeffersonian team solve its grisly puzzles on Fox's Bones (9/8c), and he's a "simple country boy" charmer named Finn Abernathy (the likable Luke Kleintank) who disarms just about everyone — except curmudgeonly AUSA Caroline, who objects to the kid's juvie past, and Hodgins, who can't help patronizing the North Carolina boy's twangy lingo.”
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“The question of what exactly you will be putting in your mouth also disarms you: at elBulli you have no choice in the menu.”
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