to disarm
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3.9
- verb
- /dɪsˈɑrm/
:
desarmar
- The politician tried to disarm his critics by offering a genuine apology.
- disarm critics
So being those three things, maybe that disarms people and they go, Oh, yeah, OK.
- So being those three things, maybe that disarms people and they go, Oh, yeah, OK.
- Didn't he say that to disarm us?
- And in those moments, hatred turned inside out and he emerged disarmed.
- It's so wonderful to be able to deal with it in a humble way because it disarms people.
- But in the regular and real world, there are ways to disarm the narcissistic provocateur.
- It's only when you're honest and you can disarm people with your level of like candor and self reflection.
- He found ways to disarm people and to move them without their even realizing they were being moved.
- She is raw, vulnerable, wise, hilarious, and one of the few people I've ever encountered who can simultaneously disarm people and inspire them to greatness.
- He's most of the time he's lying and he'll avoid a fight by telling the story that disarms the fight.
- And and in this way, you're also disarming your ego in a way, right, rather than kind of trying to reject it.
- But when we come at people with the right delivery, with the right energy, we disarm them.
- We're going to be basically doing all of the main things you're going to hear from your conservative brainwash family members and the tools you need to disarm them.
- And they're just a person who which instantly disarms them.
Examples
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You will disarm them.
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It's only when you're honest and you can disarm people with your level of like candor and self reflection.
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"You have to disarm people immediately."
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We need to disarm him.
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Disarm her if you can.
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I just think he has a freakish ability to disarm, to make people feel seen.
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And she knows that, you know, she knows that everyone is kind of feeling that, you know, and she just disarms it, like, right away.
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You can really disarm someone's desire to avoid their mistakes.
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His smiles always disarmed her, and she suspected that he knew it quite well.
Fiction book (1990) -
There was actually something appealing in this, something naive and childlike that disarmed criticism.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
48
5.8
To calm someone by giving in to their demands
29
4.5
Make a tense or dangerous situation calmer
28
7.0
To make someone less angry by saying or doing something kind
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5.2
To calm someone who is angry or upset
Antonyms
How Disarming
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3.3
15
3.9
28
7.0
8
7.2
63
3.4
962
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Disarm is also used in a non-literal way and comes from the same parts dis- 'not' and arma 'weapons', so to disarm someone by charm is like taking away their 'weapons' of anger. That's why to disarm a person can mean to make them less hostile or to win their goodwill.