DISARM: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for DISARM?

Need another word that means the same as “disarm”? Find 20 synonyms and 30 related words for “disarm” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Disarm” are: unarm, demilitarise, demilitarize, deprive of arms, take weapons from, render defenceless, make powerless, lay down arms, lay down weapons, turn over weapons, become unarmed, defuse, disable, deactivate, remove the fuse from, put out of action, win over, charm, undermine someone's resistance, sweeten

Disarm as a Verb

Definitions of "Disarm" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “disarm” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Remove the fuse from (a bomb), making it safe.
• Deprive of the power to hurt.
• Allay the hostility or suspicions of.
• Take a weapon or weapons away from (a person, force, or country.
• (of a country or force) give up or reduce its armed forces or weapons.
• Make less hostile; win over.
• Take away the weapons from; render harmless.
• Remove offensive capability from.

Synonyms of "Disarm" as a verb (20 Words)

become unarmed	Enter or assume a certain state or condition.
charm	Protect through supernatural powers or charms. You re not going to charm me into changing my mind.
deactivate	Make (something) inactive by disconnecting or destroying it. They deactivated the file.
defuse	Remove the fuse from (an explosive device) in order to prevent it from exploding. A scheme that teaches officers how to defuse potentially explosive situations.
demilitarise	Remove offensive capability from.
demilitarize	Do away with the military organization and potential of. The goverments came to an agreement to demilitarize the border.
deprive of arms	Keep from having, keeping, or obtaining.
disable	Injure permanently. The raiders tried to disable the alarm system.
lay down arms	Lay eggs.
lay down weapons	Lay eggs.
make powerless	Charge with a function; charge to be.
put out of action	Estimate.
remove the fuse from	Kill intentionally and with premeditation.
render defenceless	Pass down.
sweeten	Make sweeter, more pleasant, or more agreeable. I am in the process of sweetening him up.
take weapons from	Serve oneself to, or consume regularly.
turn over weapons	Become officially one year older.
unarm	Deprive or free (someone) of arms or armour.
undermine someone's resistance	Hollow out as if making a cave or opening.
win over	Attain success or reach a desired goal.

Usage Examples of "Disarm" as a verb

• The other militias had disarmed by the agreed deadline.
• Police yesterday disarmed a parcel bomb.
• His tact and political skills will disarm critics.
• Her charm disarmed the prosecution lawyer completely.
• Camp humour acts to provoke rather than disarm moral indignation.
• Guerrillas had completely disarmed their forces.

Associations of "Disarm" (30 Words)

armament	The act of equiping with weapons in preparation for war. Instruments of disarmament rather than of armament.
armed	(used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns. The many armed goddess Shiva.
armored	Used of animals; provided with protective covering.
army	The army of the United States of America the agency that organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare. He joined the army at 16.
artillery	A military detachment or branch of the armed forces that uses large-calibre guns. Tanks and heavy artillery.
barbaric	Primitive; unsophisticated. Drinking undiluted wine was considered barbaric.
belligerent	Hostile and aggressive. Ships and goods captured at sea by a belligerent.
brigade	Form or unite into a brigade. He commanded a brigade of 3 000 men.
brigadier	A rank of officer in the British army, above colonel and below major general.
cantonment	A military garrison or camp.
combatant	Engaging in or ready for combat. A long time combatant for the control of Newcastle FC.
commander	A commissioned naval officer who ranks above a lieutenant commander and below a captain. The commander of a paratroop regiment.
conscription	Compulsory military service. Conscription was extended to married men.
crossfire	A lively or heated interchange of ideas and opinions. The sponsors are caught in the crossfire of the battle between the world champion and his team boss.
demobilize	Take (troops) out of active service, typically at the end of a war. He was demobilized in February 1946.
empire	Denoting produce from the Commonwealth. He encouraged the Greeks in their dream of empire in Asia Minor.
fighter	A person or animal that fights. World War II fighter planes.
invader	A person or group that invades a country, region, or other place. It is a country that has repelled all invaders.
martial	(of persons) befitting a warrior. Martial law.
militant	A militant person. Militant in fighting for better wages for workers.
military	The military forces of a nation. The military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker.
militia	A military force that is raised from the civil population to supplement a regular army in an emergency. Small detachments of militia.
munition	Military weapons ammunition equipment and stores. Munition factories.
naval	Connected with or belonging to or used in a navy. A naval officer.
overpower	Be too intense for; overwhelm. They were overpowered by the fumes.
soldier	Serve as a soldier in the military. I soldiered with your father on his last four campaigns.
warlike	Disposed to warfare or hard-line policies. A warlike clan.
warring	Engaged in war. Belligerent or warring nations.
warrior	Someone engaged in or experienced in warfare. The warrior heroes of ancient Greece.
weaponry	Weapons considered collectively. Nuclear weaponry.