disarm

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

v. demilitarize (see pacification); pull one's teeth; pacify, appease, charm. See impotence, love. Ant., arm.

II

(Roget's IV) v.

1. [To deprive of weapons]

Syn. disable, unarm, weaken, debilitate, render powerless, disqualify, incapacitate, invalidate, deaden, paralyze, muzzle, deprive of weapons, deprive of means of defense, demilitarize, demobilize, put out of combat, put out of action, pacify, conciliate, subdue, subjugate, occupy, bare, strip, tie the hands*, draw the teeth of*, clip the wings of*, spike one's guns*; see also defeat 1 , 2 , weaken 2 .

Ant. arm*, outfit, equip.

2. [To reduce national armaments]

Syn. demobilize, disband, demilitarize, deactivate, de-escalate, lay down one's arms, unarm, neutralize, internationalize, remove nuclear competence, prevent nuclear competence; see also disband .

Ant. arm*, mobilize, prepare.

3. [To reconcile]

Syn. win over, charm, seduce; see reconcile 2 , win 4 .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) v.

disable, weaken, take the teeth out of, *defang, neutralize, mollify, charm, conciliate, pacify, win over.