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as in to demilitarize
to reduce the size and strength of the armed forces of
the defeated nation was disarmed so that it would never again be a threat to international order
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as in to appease
to lessen the anger or agitation of
her future father-in-law was totally disarmed by her easy charm
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as in demilitarization
the reduction or elimination of a country's armed forces or weapons
the ambassador spoke at length about the possible unilateral disarmament of his country
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Recent Examples of disarm
Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 9 Dec. 2024
Past agreements, such as the 2006 U.N. Resolution 1701, failed to fully disarm Hezbollah, leading to skepticism about the current deal's enforcement.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
Deputies arrived while the incident was underway and managed to disarm Kelsey, who Lopez said was trying to strike one of the witnesses with the hammer.
—Silas Morgan, Orlando Sentinel, 23 Nov. 2024
The threat is disarmed as Dorothy and the audience recognize the human insecurities driving the man behind the curtain.
—Dan Bekerman, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024
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That decision involved whether certain categories of people — namely those found to pose a credible threat to others — can be temporarily disarmed.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 9 Dec. 2024
Past agreements, such as the 2006 U.N. Resolution 1701, failed to fully disarm Hezbollah, leading to skepticism about the current deal's enforcement.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
Deputies arrived while the incident was underway and managed to disarm Kelsey, who Lopez said was trying to strike one of the witnesses with the hammer.
—Silas Morgan, Orlando Sentinel, 23 Nov. 2024
The threat is disarmed as Dorothy and the audience recognize the human insecurities driving the man behind the curtain.
—Dan Bekerman, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024
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Until the takeover, the summit was demilitarized and patrolled by UN peacekeepers – their highest permanent position in the world.Eugenia Yosef, Andrew Raine and Irene Nasser, CNN, 18 Dec. 2024
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Furthermore, Arab leaders must agree that Gaza’s reconstruction by the alliance will proceed only after the territory is fully demilitarized, at which point Israel must commit to withdrawing the IDF.Amos Yadlin, Foreign Affairs, 17 Dec. 2024
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But Republicans, who had spent 24 hours largely negotiating with themselves to cut out the extras conservatives opposed and come up with the new plan, ran into a wall of resistance from Democrats, who were in no hurry to appease demands from Mr. Trump – or Mr. Musk.Lisa Mascaro and Kevin Freking, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2024
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The overall effect has been destabilising and if Howe cannot appease his dressing-room with new signings — or any other tangible evidence of ambition — the big picture threatens to become opaque.George Caulkin, The Athletic, 19 Dec. 2024
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In Munich, demobilized soldiers, right-wing paramilitaries, and Communist militants fought in the streets, while leaders of the new Weimar Republic were routinely assassinated.George Packer, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
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The idea behind his main initiative, Total Peace, stems from a lesson learned from years of government efforts to end conflict in Colombia: demobilizing just one group empowers others to grow.Elizabeth Dickinson, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Disarm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disarm. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.
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