Question 1 · Quick check
disarm
CEFRB2
/dɪsˈɑː(ɹ)m/
verb
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In plain English
- 01
verb
To take weapons away from a person or group.
- 02
verb
To make someone feel less angry or suspicious.
Examples
How are you going to disarm Tom?
Should we disarm police?
At a glance
Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 5
Deep Dive
verb
Extra meaningsTo lay down arms; to stand down.
To deprive of weapons; to deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render defenseless.
To deprive of the means or the disposition to harm; to render harmless or innocuous.
More examples
In contextto disarm a man's wrath
The Japanese armored cruiser Nisshin has been hit badly. Shells have sheared off several main guns and virtually disarmed the vessel. In the middle of all this, one Ensign Isoroku Yamamoto loses two fingers to the remains of an explosion.
As a brief background, the gun disarms originally taught to S.A.C. Airmen as part of the Combative Measures program were taken from Kodokan Goshin-Jutsu.
Quick test
Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.
Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.
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Origin
verb
From Middle English desarmen (“to divest of arms”), from Anglo-Norman desarmer.