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# disarm

«disarm» in Mova's school dictionary: **to take away their weapon so they cannot fight** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (disarm, disarms, disarmed, disarming)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To disarm someone is to take away their weapon so they cannot fight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disarm/#m1)

2) To disarm someone is to make them stop being angry or unfriendly, so they feel safe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disarm/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in stories a hero disarms a giant or a robber; a kind word or smile can disarm an angry person

### examples

- The soldier disarmed the robber and took his knife. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disarm/#x1)
- Her smile disarmed the grumpy old dog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disarm/#x2)
- Ask the guard to disarm before he enters the castle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disarm/#x3)
- A little kindness can disarm a bully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disarm/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «disarm» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disarm/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.