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UNARM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unarm mean?
• UNARM (verb)
The verb UNARM has 1 sense:
1. take away the weapons from; render harmless
Familiarity information: UNARM used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Take away the weapons from; render harmless
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Synonyms:
disarm; unarm
Hypernyms (to "unarm" is one way to...):
deprive; divest; strip (take away possessions from someone)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "unarm"):
demilitarise; demilitarize (do away with the military organization and potential of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
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