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DISARMING

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Act of reducing or depriving of arms

Example:

the disarmament of the aggressor nations must be complete

Synonyms:

disarmament; disarming

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("disarming" is a kind of...):

demobilisation; demobilization (act of changing from a war basis to a peace basis including disbanding or discharging troops)

Antonym:

arming (the act of equiping with weapons in preparation for war)

Derivation:

disarm (remove offensive capability from)

disarm (take away the weapons from; render harmless)

disarming (capable of allaying hostility)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Capable of allaying hostility

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

unprovocative; unprovoking (not provocative)

Derivation:

disarming (act of reducing or depriving of arms)

 III. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb disarm

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