disarm

  1. Verb.  (transitive) To deprive of arms; to take away the weapons of; to deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render defenseless.
  2. Verb.  (transitive) To deprive of the means or the disposition to harm; to render harmless or innocuous; as, to disarm a man's wrath.
  3. Verb.  (intransitive) To lay down arms; to stand down.
  4. Verb.  (intransitive) To reduce one's own military forces.

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