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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionarydis·arm \dis-ˈärm, diz-, ˈdis-ˌärm\ verb ETYMOLOGY Middle English desarmen, literally, to divest of arms, from Anglo-French desarmer, from des- dis- + armer to arm DATE 14th centurytransitive verb1. a. to deprive of means, reason, or disposition to be hostile disarmed criticism by admitting her errors b. to win over2. a. to divest of arms disarm captured troops b. to deprive of a means of attack or defense disarm a ship c. to make harmless disarm a bombintransitive verb1. to lay aside arms2. to give up or reduce armed forces• dis·ar·ma·ment \-ˈär-mə-mənt\ noun• dis·arm·er nounEnglish Etymologydisarm late 14c., from O.Frhttp://O.Fr. desarmer (11c.), from des- "dis-" + armer(see arm (2)). The figurative sense is earlier in English than the literal. Related: Disarming.Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7disarmdis·arm / dis5B:m; NAmE -5B:rm / verb1. [VN] to take a weapon or weapons away from sb 缴(某人)的械；解除(某人)的武装: Most of the rebels were captured and disarmed. 大部份叛乱分子被俘获并解除了武装。 2. [V] (of a country or a group of people 国家或集体) to reduce the size of an army or to give up some or all weapons, especially nuclear weapons 裁军；解除武装；裁减军备(尤指核武器)3. [VN] to make sb feel less angry or critical 消释(某人)的怒气(或批评): He disarmed her immediately by apologizing profusely. 他一再向她道歉,很快便消释了她的怒气。 ⇨ compare armWebster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridgeddis·arm\dəs, (ˈ)dis+, also dəz or (ˈ)diz+\ verbEtymology: Middle English desarmen, from Middle French desarmer, from Old French, from des- dis- (I) + armer to arm — more at armtransitive verb1. a. : to divest of arms < methodically disarming the captured troops > b. : to deprive of a means of attack or defense < disarm a city by razing its walls > < disarm a ship > c. : to deprive of the capacity or means of inflicting material injury d. : to make harmless (as a mine or bomb) by removing a fuse or other actuating device2. a. : to make powerless : deprive of means or disposition to harm, criticize, or be hostile < disarmed the administration's foes by a series of reform laws > < disarmed criticism by frank avowal of his errors > b. : to win over by persuasive words or acts < disarm her angry father with winning smiles and caresses >intransitive verb1. : to lay aside arms2. : to reduce materially or to a peace footing the military establishment of a country (as at the close of a war)

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