disarming

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In real life, he does it with a smile on his face and it's actually quite disarming.

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Quick take

act of reducing or depriving of arms; "the disarmament of the aggressor nations must be complete"

Meaning at a glance

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noun

act of reducing or depriving of arms; "the disarmament of the aggressor nations must be complete"

adjective

capable of allaying hostility

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for disarming.

noun

act of reducing or depriving of arms; "the disarmament of the aggressor nations must be complete"

adjective

capable of allaying hostility

Example sentences

In real life, he does it with a smile on his face and it's actually quite disarming.

The NSA unilaterily disarming would be a dream come true to many, mostly those who would like to see the West decline.

Since forcibly disarming someone is application of violence, I fail to see your end-game.

Athletes can make incredible money, while people disarming bombs, fighting fires and repairing power lines make little.

It's very honest, very unapologetic, and once you get over the taboo of the stare, very disarming.

Or you could discuss concepts at difficulty levels 1-7 and gauge how well I'm keeping up. The conversational interview is just as effective, more disarming, and more pleasant.

Hodgman was a great, likable character, and that was the brilliance of the ads...his likability made the commercials fun to watch and rather disarming.

Funny is a disarming quality; you want these sections to reiterate strength, confidence and professionalism.

New York and California are, as a result of very recent legislation, actively seeking out and disarming those labeled "mentally ill".

This may explain why the US government is keen on disarming citizens of "assault weapons", even though such items are demonstrably less of a societal problem than stairs or swimming pools.

She abused her power and hurt another person, failed to show any form of remorse, and now this reaction by the community is disarming her so that she can't immediately harm others.

The idea is that no government can become completely totalitarian without first disarming the population.

I am familiar with all of the arguments for disarming the people of the United States, and they are all fundamentally flawed, because nothing is worse than being at the mercy of tyrants.

> disarming someone with a knife is usually easy > you have the option to shoot him in the head, heart, stomach all of which are usually quite lethal OR you can hit the leg, knee, shoulder, armYou've been reading too much Martial Arts Wow literature.

The concept was to simultaneously shorten the response time of strategic nuclear forces by having them "idle" nearer the target zones than their home bases and more importantly to reduce the potential losses of such strategic strike forces to a "bolt from the blue" preemptive & disarming attack.