DISARMING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does disarming mean? 

• DISARMING (noun)
  The noun DISARMING has 1 sense:

1. act of reducing or depriving of arms

  Familiarity information: DISARMING used as a noun is very rare.

• DISARMING (adjective)
  The adjective DISARMING has 1 sense:

1. capable of allaying hostility

  Familiarity information: DISARMING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DISARMING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Act of reducing or depriving of arms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

disarmament; disarming

Context example:

the disarmament of the aggressor nations must be complete

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)

• DISARMING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Capable of allaying hostility

Similar:

unprovocative; unprovoking (not provocative)

Derivation:

disarming (act of reducing or depriving of arms)

 Context examples 

Anti-inflammatory drugs quiet the immune system by disarming cytokines, a protein that is a major player in the body’s inflammatory response.

(Anti-inflammatory Drugs Also Fight Depression, Voanews)

This suggests that cutting RIPK1, thereby disarming it, is crucial to controlling cell death and inflammation.

(Researchers discover new autoinflammatory disease and uncover its biological cause, National Institutes of Health)