to disarm a bomb

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• Bomb disposal — Bomb squad redirects here. For the Suburban Legends EP, see Bomb Squad EP. For the hip hop producers, see The Bomb Squad. The long walk :[1] A British Army ATO approaches a suspect device in Northern Ireland …   Wikipedia

• disarm — verb Etymology: Middle English desarmen, literally, to divest of arms, from Anglo French desarmer, from des dis + armer to arm Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to deprive of means, reason, or disposition to be …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• disarm — disarmer, n. /dis ahrm /, v.t. 1. to deprive of a weapon or weapons. 2. to remove the fuze or other actuating device from: to disarm a bomb. 3. to deprive of the means of attack or defense: The lack of logic disarmed his argument. 4. to divest or …   Universalium

• disarm — dis•arm [[t]dɪsˈɑrm[/t]] v. t. 1) mil to deprive of a weapon or weapons 2) cvb mil to remove the actuating device from: to disarm a bomb[/ex] 3) to deprive of the means of attack or defense: The lack of logic disarmed his argument[/ex] 4) to win… …   From formal English to slang

• disarm — ► VERB 1) take a weapon or weapons away from. 2) (of a country or force) give up or reduce its armed forces or weapons. 3) remove the fuse from (a bomb). 4) allay the hostility or suspicions of; win over …   English terms dictionary

• bomb — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, huge, large, massive ▪ small ▪ cluster, fire (usually firebomb) …   Collocations dictionary

• disarm — verb 1 (I) to reduce the size of your armed forces and the number of weapons: Getting the rebels to disarm will not be easy. 2 (T) to take away someone s weapons: Captured soldiers were disarmed and put into camps. 3 (T) if your manner or… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• disarm — verb 1) the UN must disarm the country Syn: demilitarize, demobilize 2) the militia refused to disarm Syn: lay down one s arms, demilitarize; literary beat one s swords into plowshares 3) police disarmed the bomb Syn …   Thesaurus of popular words

• disarm — verb Disarm is used with these nouns as the object: ↑bomb, ↑militia …   Collocations dictionary

• disarm — dis|arm [dısˈa:m US ˈa:rm] v 1.) [I] to reduce the size of your army, navy etc, and the number of your weapons ≠ ↑arm ▪ Getting the rebels to disarm will not be easy. 2.) [T] to take away someone s weapons ≠ ↑arm ▪ Captured soldiers were disarmed …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• disarm — verb 1) the militia refused to disarm Syn: lay down one s arms, demobilize, disband, demilitarize 2) police disarmed the bomb Syn: defuse, disable, deactivate, make safe 3) the warmth in hi …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary