How to Use disarm in a Sentence

disarm

verb
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  • It took more than an hour to disarm the bomb.
  • The terrorists have refused to disarm.
  • The government has been unsuccessful at disarming the rebels.
  • The 68-year-old man tried to disarm Liu and was also stabbed.
    — Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 9 Dec. 2022
  • Police said two men helped to disarm Aldrich the night of the shooting.
    — Ray Sanchez, CNN, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Use the key to reverse the lock the shackle to disarm the alarm for travel.
    — Matt Williams, Dallas News, 9 Dec. 2022
  • The two deputies managed to disarm and subdue the suspect.
    — Thomas Lake, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2023
  • The Democrats had a chance to disarm this ticking time bomb during the lame-duck session but chose not to.
    — Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 14 Jan. 2023
  • Roland disarmed one of robbers and shot him in the leg before the other two attacked him.
    — Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 May 2023
  • Democrats have a chance to disarm this gun before McCarthy and his colleagues place it to the side of the nation’s head in a few months.
    — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 19 Oct. 2022
  • Cheng, 52, charged the suspect and tried to disarm him allowing others to jump in, Barnes said.
    — Byjulia Jacobo, ABC News, 17 May 2022
  • The neighbor was able to disarm Nguyen, who then jumped in a white Toyota Sienna minivan and fled the area.
    — Paul Best, Fox News, 2 May 2022
  • The Iraqi central government, based in Baghdad to the south, wants the Iranian groups to disarm.
    — Sangar Khaleel Emily Garthwaite, New York Times, 20 Nov. 2022
  • Yet there was a disarming earnestness to his on-screen persona.
    — Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Under the 2022 deal, Tigrayan forces pledged to disarm and not provide any support to any other armed group in Ethiopia.
    — Victoria Bisset, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2022
  • For years after the 2012 school massacre, Jones claimed it was staged to disarm legal gun owners.
    — Hartford Courant, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Maina added that Ruto should push the UN to send in thousands of soldiers to disarm the gangs before the police are deployed to keep the peace.
    — Larry Madowo, CNN, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Toward the back of the store, a 66-year-old Safeway worker attempted to disarm the gunman and was killed.
    — Grace Hauck, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Police said another man at the scene got into a fight with the man who shot the girl, attempting to disarm him.
    — Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2023
  • Chris Hixon was an athletic director at the school who ran in to try to disarm the gunman and was shot by him.
    — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 11 June 2022
  • Commands allow a door to be opened, a device connected to a smart plug to be turned off, or an alarm to be disarmed.
    — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 4 Apr. 2023
  • The officers disarmed the steel jaw traps and avoided triggering the hot tub.
    — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 9 June 2023
  • Rowe offered to disarm if Paulson promised not to shoot Luca, and Paulson agreed.
    — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Advocates of Colorado's red flag law have argued that more should have been done to disarm Aldrich last year.
    — David K. Li, NBC News, 8 Dec. 2022
  • One key point is that there was a determined effort by the Jim Crow South to disarm black Americans.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Lopez was unarmed but still attempted to rush the men and either disarm them or push them from the residence.
    — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Bribe outcast hottie Patrick (Heath Ledger) to charm and disarm riot grrrl Kat, of course.
    — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 12 May 2023
  • According to a witness, Cunningham tried to disarm Trotman, but was shot at close range and died at the scene.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 7 Feb. 2023
  • The bystander who disarmed a Metro shooter Crowds and loud noises sometimes cause Shante Trumpet, 41, to pause these days.
    — Ellie Silverman, Washington Post, 30 Dec. 2023
  • White alleged that after one of the unidentified teens shot and killed the woman, her husband somehow managed to disarm one of the teens.
    — Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, 29 June 2022

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