# disarm

> English word · Verb · IPA /dɪsˈɑː(ɹ)m/ · frequency rank #22,059

## Definitions
1. To deprive of weapons; to deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render defenseless.
2. To deprive of the means or the disposition to harm; to render harmless or innocuous.
3. To lay down arms; to stand down.
4. To reduce one's own military forces.
5. To render into a state in which something is no longer armed, or prepared for use (such as to disable the security systems on).

## Etymology
From Middle English desarmen (“to divest of arms”), from Anglo-Norman desarmer.

## Easily confused with
- **discard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/disarm-vs-discard)
- **diary** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diary-vs-disarm)
- **dinar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dinar-vs-disarm)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ddisarm`, `diasrm`, `disamr`, `disarmm`, `disarrm`, `disram`, `dissarm`, `dsiarm`, `idsarm`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/disarm