How To Use Disarm In A Sentence

Secondly, to stop paramilitary activities, thirdly significant disarmament, and fourthly, a public statement that conflict is over.
He is disarmingly straightforward about his goofs and gaffes, of which he had plenty during his first go-round.
Their songs have a certain elegant charm and a quality of innocence that's genuinely disarming.
They made little headway popularizing Britain's unilateral nuclear disarmament, and the unilateralist tide lacked any consistent direction.
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I fear that bypassing the United Nations and demanding regime change by force instead of working toward peaceful disarmament is a dangerous step for our nation.
But Gorbachev too was influenced by Western disarmament groups, and even initiated a nuclear testing moratorium at their suggestion.
To minimize risks, they would not be required to disarm the several militia groups responsible for recent massacres.
In ancient times they used disguise and subterfuge, but these modern warriors used an equally disarming trick. Times, Sunday Times
They had campaigned vigorously for unilateral nuclear disarmament .
His face in repose possessed a boyish charm that disarmed her. THE WOLF AND THE DOVE
An American soldier was killed when he tried to disarm a roadside bomb that had been attached to a telephone pole.
Her secret, it seems, has been a confluence of business savvy and a folksy but formidable disarming charm. Times, Sunday Times
In the hands of lesser songsmiths, such lines would inevitably sound like so much rot, but Gough has a peculiar charm about him that gradually disarms the jaded listener.
Dr Barbara was able to switch from peremptory schoolmistress to doting mother in a way that always disarmed him. RUSHING TO PARADISE
Ryder's familiarity with the camera contributes to his disarmingly ingenuous presence, by turns determined and naive.
Trains lines were dynamited, and civilians were attacking police stations and disarming police officers and taking them prisoner.
In her youth she was an active member of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament .
Even while the military endgame played out in Abidjan, post-conflict development specialists were presumably drawing up plans for interventions such as disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration, security sector reform, and resettlement of refugees and internally displaced persons. Ivory Coast's development failures | Mike McGovern
We're bringing people in to be disarmed, demobilized and rehabilitated to a program that will give them new values and give them new skills.
As a first step, Labor will commission a new and independent assessment of non-proliferation and disarmament strategies.
It is not everyday that you find an autobiography so disarmingly direct and candid.
Cherry is disarmingly open with her emotions: warm and impulsive one moment, solemn and thoughtful the next. Times, Sunday Times
The Conference on Disarmament is seeking to start formal negotiations on banning production of fissile materials such as weapons-grade plutonium and uranium.
At every stage he has lied, prevaricated and obstructed this process of disarmament.
We have received your hails and are willing to accept you and any wounded, so long as you disarm and power down.
Paramilitary organisations of all kinds should disarm and disband.
Around them are entwined canonic melodies of disarming ingenuousness. Times, Sunday Times
The unnamed man insisted it was disarmed but bomb experts were called to run tests. The Sun
The failure to disarm remains the overt reason why sanctions are still in place more than ten years after an internationally binding ceasefire.
Nuclear disarmers are right in saying that a test ban would stop weapons builders trying out new and fancier designs.
She held up the metal box that she used to disarm the bomb.
The shield ([Greek: aspis]), we are told by followers of Reichel, was only worn by princes who could afford to keep chariots, charioteers, and squires of the body to arm and disarm them. Homer and His Age
Based on eyewitness accounts, the report described how Pashtun villages were attacked after being disarmed by local militia commanders.
An urgent and then melancholy opening was unsettled by dark bass trills and a menacing fugal theme, only to be undone by the second movement's disarming simplicity. Pianist Till Fellner ends Beethoven sonata cycle with restrained refinement
With his gosh-darned, aw-shucks demeanor and disarming smile, he is able to insult entire ethnic groups without even realizing he's doing it.
Her charm disarmed the prosecution lawyer completely
I will disarm him with smiles and pleasant words," she every day resolved; yet every day was she pierced anew with his arrowy verbality. Hubert's Wife A Story for You
She uses humor to disarm people.
I found him friendly and approachable, and he possessed a disarming charm that could come in handy. Times, Sunday Times
His disarming amiability and jocular charm were irresistible, but his art was immediately compelling on its own terms, and largely responsible for fueling all the interest.
At many past NPT review conferences, the nuclear "have-nots" blasted the "haves" -- particularly the United States -- for moving too slowly on their pledge to disarm. Obama administration discloses size of U.S. nuclear arsenal
Unilateral disarmers, 'neutrals', and Soviet sympathizers in the West tried to stop the deployment of U.S. intermediate range missiles to Europe.’
Often called "the father of the Tlatelolco Agreement," which made Latin America a "denuclearized zone," GarcÃa Robles also, beginning in 1978, played a central role in the efforts of the United Nations to promote general disarmament throughout the world. Mexico's Nobel Prize winners
Oz disarmed 64 roadside devices in five months before he was killed by an IED. The Sun
Did Catherine accept the role to pre-empt and disarm her critics?
He is disarmingly straightforward about his goofs and gaffes, of which he had plenty during his first go-round.
The bomb squad took the device to the basement and disarmed it by inundating it with a water cannon.
He was brilliantly convincing with a strong Irish brogue, righteous indignation when confronted with the insignificance of his rumours, and disarming blarney.
Political philosopher James Burnham explained why in his classic study, Suicide of the West: “For Western civilization in the present condition of the world, the most important practical consequence of the guilt encysted in the liberal ideology and psyche is this: that the liberal, and the group, nation or civilization infected by liberal doctrines and values, are morally disarmed before those whom the liberal regards as less well off than himself.” Turning Liberalism on itself...
Rarely has a champagne house had such a disarmingly ebullient scion. Times, Sunday Times
He had seen total nuclear disarmament in the grasp of his President, then seen it slip away.
Inexcusably perhaps, the entire vital element of seizures, grappling, disarms, and use of the second hand or even daggers and bucklers is almost wholly ignored as if it never existed.
At first he appears unassuming and on occasion bumbling yet his disarming manner, like that of Louis Theroux, is one that seems to entice his interviewee into spilling the beans.
His face in repose possessed a boyish charm that disarmed her. THE WOLF AND THE DOVE
France has deployed 1,600 troops in an attempt to disarm the militias. Times, Sunday Times
Now, from the war that brought us nonpermissive environment, we have a distinction drawn between disarm and demilitarize. No Uncertain Terms
Imagine trying to disarm a bomb while also having to deal with menial chores and talk on the phone at the same time. Times, Sunday Times
The disarmament of Northern Ireland's illegal militias would have to be completed by May 2000, with legislative sanctions to suspend the government if the so-called decommissioning of arms does not take place. ANC Daily News Briefing
The serpentine robots could also be used to disarm explosives while minimizing the danger to humans.
Their songs have a certain elegant charm and a quality of innocence that's genuinely disarming.
But 30 minutes in the company of this disarming and baby-faced individual reveals a tough operator.
He oozes dignity, with his slow baritone and craggy facial topography, topped with a disarming warmth and simplicity. Times, Sunday Times
Complete disarmament was the ultimate goal of the conference.
One false move would activate the bomb and Jason didn't like the idea of disarming a bomb that could easily eliminate life miles away.
He oozes dignity, with his slow baritone and craggy facial topography, topped with a disarming warmth and simplicity. Times, Sunday Times
His natural reserve has probably served to disarm any possible tensions in a dressing-room with as many notable egos.
This dish also gives us limonene, a supernutrient that helps to disarm nitrosamines, a major pollutant in cigarette smoke. Times, Sunday Times
Failure to feature substantive disarmament prominently in the Iran nuclear debate virtually guarantees that Gewen's wondering aloud about security guarantees and nuclear umbrella is the best-case scenario. Russ Wellen: Would Sweeping Disarmament on Our Part Impress Iran?
At the end of the day, I think the president of the United States has decided that the only way for getting Saddam Hussein to disarm is to disarm him with force. CNN Transcript Feb 5, 2003
The off-the-cuff charmer and disarmer from the old Straight Talk Express was missing from the second debate, a town-hall format that was supposed to be the most comfortable setting for McCain. The Great Debates
The government was reluctant to disarm.
Shock and awe rested, it was argued, ultimately on the ability to ‘frighten, scare, intimidate and disarm’.
They campaigned for nuclear disarmament.
It wants to be in charge of ‘supervising the armament and disarmament of Kurdish groups’ and of ‘restricting the movement’ of Kurdish forces where necessary.
France has deployed 1,600 troops in an attempt to disarm the militias. Times, Sunday Times
That kind of hairsplitting scarcely becomes a superpower-slash-world leader in disarmament. Russ Wellen: Are Nonproliferation and Disarmament, Once Joined at the Hip, Headed for Divorce?
"Thanks, " They said and got in then started disarming the bombs.
The Security Council plan called for an initial ceasefire followed by phased disarmament.
And he was to tell the story of it with disarming candour in Glory Glory! Times, Sunday Times
Its childish simplicity, with cheap cha-cha beatbox rhythm and wobbly guitar, is both disarming and strangely poignant.
The unnamed man insisted it was disarmed but bomb experts were called to run tests. The Sun
I think the ability of the government to disarm the public is due to socio-political forces. The Volokh Conspiracy » District Court Upholds Ban on Possessing Guns While an Illegal User of a Controlled Substance
She is known chiefly for her commitment to nuclear disarmament.
They were also planning and preparing reception areas for disarming and housing combatants from a variety of armed factions that must demobilise in terms of a set of peace and ceasefire agreements.
Universal controlled disarmament must replace deterrence and arms control as the national defense goal.
As a result, disarming the combatants will be difficult.
As ultimate commander of the military, he must now move decisively and evenhandedly to disarm the antagonists.
There have been many criticisms of arms control and disarmament negotiations and agreements.
She took a firm stand on nuclear disarmament.
In her youth she was an active member of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament .
The rules are as follows: We play until the disarm and trap of an opponent.
France has deployed 1,600 troops in an attempt to disarm the militias. Times, Sunday Times
That nation's great culture of marked politeness, disarming courtesy and remarkable tolerance can give way to sheer bestiality, as the war proved.
His officials said western troops would not disarm militias by force. Times, Sunday Times
The Assembly also adopted the 13-part Resolution 45/58 on general and complete disarmament.
His officials said western troops would not disarm militias by force. Times, Sunday Times
Cherry is disarmingly open with her emotions: warm and impulsive one moment, solemn and thoughtful the next. Times, Sunday Times
Although to say the man was a big influence on me musically would be a gross understatement, I will personally remember Piggy best for his disarming demeanour.
He was a pertinacious controversialist, but in any personal discussion his humorous twinkle was disarming.
A burglar will never be able to disarm the system by snipping the wires.
It seems that unilateral nuclear disarmament is back on the agenda!
Rejecting any partition of the country, Cheiffou called upon the rebels to disarm, and to air their grievances through dialogue.
Instead the result is funny, engaging and disarmingly honest. The Sun
Multilateral negotiations to induce it to disarm have stalled.
There's a disarming honesty to the film and a familiarity to the themes that will strike a chord with most women. Times, Sunday Times
A second bomb was disarmed by a robot. Times, Sunday Times
The session adopted a resolution on disarmament.
The viewer's voice is marked by almost disarming shifts in tone; his voice is at one moment exclamatory, at the next, subdued, and at the close of stanza fifteen, almost resigned.
Koku had turned on the charm, disarming them with the thoroughness of a mono-molecular knife.
Apparently, it's a risk he's willing to take to solidify his front-runner status and disarm his critics in the Democratic Party establishment.
‘If the United Nations won't act, if he doesn't disarm, the United States will lead a coalition to make sure he does,’ the president said here.
His face in repose possessed a boyish charm that disarmed her. THE WOLF AND THE DOVE
But analysts and residents have complained this does not include disarming the tribal fighters and demilitarising the town.
Imagine trying to disarm a bomb while also having to deal with menial chores and talk on the phone at the same time. Times, Sunday Times
We will agree to disarming troops and leaving their weapons at military positions.
‘It means working for universal demilitarisation and nuclear disarmament,’ he said.
Not just cute and beguiling, Pilkington's sculptures are slightly off-centre being both disarming and disconcerting.
Like tennis, it's an old sport and has likewise evolved its own distinctive language with charm aplenty to disarm this non-sporty, youngish curmudgeon.
There was a disarming contrast between his imposing appearance in three piece suit and starched collar and his complete lack of pomposity and his sense of humour.
She spoke frequently in the Debating Society in favour of progressive causes such as abortion, animal rights, state education and nuclear disarmament.
After opening it he used his Agency ID card to disarm the destruct device. CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER
Complete disarmament was the ultimate goal of the conference.
We committed ourselves to arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation and to the conclusion of a chemical weapons convention this year.
Congolese are quick to point out that despite those two invasions, Rwandan forces never succeeded in disarming the rebels and insist that Rwanda is only after Congo's mineral wealth.
Cherry is disarmingly open with her emotions: warm and impulsive one moment, solemn and thoughtful the next. Times, Sunday Times
Noam Chomsky does not cajole the listener; he presents his arguments - a distillation of copious reading - with disarming candor.
In her youth she was an active member of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament .
However, disarming citizens HAS been shown to increase crime.www. pulpless.com Drudge Retort
It urges organized international action for disarmament, collective security and world peace. 3.
The question of disarmament proved a major stumbling block to agreement.
Disarming as beauty is when paired with charm, the waitpersons are also as informed as they are informal.
The bomb squad took the device to the basement and disarmed it by inundating it with a water cannon.
They paint the approach as a disarming subterfuge designed to undermine solid evidence that all living things share a common ancestry.
Her disarming honesty immediately created a much less hostile atmosphere in the room.
Regime change as a ‘morally desirable side-effect’ of disarming an aggressor is consistent with the Just War ethic.
Police then evacuated the basement mailroom while they set about disarming the device.
The process of disarmament is at a crucial turning point.
His officials said western troops would not disarm militias by force. Times, Sunday Times
Their policy in disarming the natives has been often followed in the East. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
The spiritual and physical disarmament of all nations has been one of its essential teachings.
I think a verbal disarmament is absolutely necessary" when talking about global exchange rates, said Axel Weber, who is also president of Germany's Bundesbank. Dollar Falls, Hitting 15-Year Low Against Yen
As a work of art, it appears disarmingly simple, but then so many eureka moments do. Times, Sunday Times
The likelihood that the army will actually disarm seems to me low, though they may turn in some weapons.
There was no attempt to disarm them or in any way interrupt their activities.
There is a wide diversity of opinion on the question of unilateral disarmament.
Chatting over Indian samosas and chicken tikka, she seems candid, confident, light-hearted and completely disarming.
As soon as the feverishly seething blood rushes over my brain and drowns my consciousness, the oldest devils, driving out and disarming all laterborn ones, come back again, and that best shows, without doubt, how they must once have tortured me. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig
For several minutes he ducked and dived under knife thrusts, but he was tiring fast and couldn't see how he could seriously retaliate, short of disarming the man.
And so far, most of the warlords who have offered to disarm have been the ones allied to the government.
Men may no longer pretend that the quest for disarmament is a sign of weakness.
She's compelling company, and bursting with disarmingly funny chit-chat. The Sun
nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation are closely related goals
During annihilation of large armed units, during disengagement or disarmament of major opposing forces armed with heavy weapons, the main role is assigned to subunits and units of the Land Forces.
I'm yammering away, I'm telling him about the Cold War, disarmament. BLACKWATER SOUND
The 'war of disarmament' spread to Griqualand East, while the Class & Colour in South Africa 1850-1950
Total disarmament was stipulated in the peace treaty.
Trimble's internal critics have now been disarmed, allowing him to survive at least until the autumn - and probably beyond.
Of course, the Japanese people also have had a disastrous experience with nuclear weapons -- not only in 1945, when the U.S. government destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki with atomic bombs, but in 1954, when a U.S. government H-bomb test showered a Japanese fishing boat, the Lucky Dragon, with deadly radioactive fallout, and a vast nuclear disarmament movement began. Lawrence Wittner: How Japan Learned About "Nuclear Safety"
They were disarmed and piled up in the woodshed like the evil that they were.
Though still no talk of disarming the militants under terms of the U.S.-backed roadmap for peace.
Bomb disposal experts from Collins Barracks, Cork disarmed the pipe bomb yesterday afternoon.
The Drujani jerked hard on the haft of his weapon and Joscelin was disarmed, the sword clattering onto the floor. Kushiel's Avatar
Understanding scholarship in this way disarms critics who are caught in the debate over whether community college faculty should engage in research.
John Duncan, Britain's Twittering ambassador for multilateral arms control and disarmament, says he uses tweets to talk to experts and journalists interested in non-proliferation issues.
Clearly he knows how to disarm opponents with his easy-going manner. Times, Sunday Times
The swordsman disarmed his opponent and ran him through.
A second bomb was disarmed by a robot. Times, Sunday Times
The question of disarmament proved a major stumbling block to agreement.
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He also moonlighted as a sports journalist in his early years, and has retained a gregariousness that always disarms those expecting a less approachable boss.
I met the person I would disarm him, without realising what a bitter pun the word disarm was. ANC Daily News Briefing
If a disarmament and the group's dissolution were fully implemented, ETA's move—which it referred to as a "definitive" halt to armed activity, rather than a cease-fire—would represent a milestone in Spanish history. Basque Separatists Vow Again to End Violence
Three Ulster terror groups that killed hundreds in the Troubles have disarmed hours before the end of a government amnesty. Times, Sunday Times
His officials said western troops would not disarm militias by force. Times, Sunday Times
This issue finds Cinderella disarming the assailant that slipped into her room brandishing a knife, and after an exchange of pleasantries, readers discover her would be foe is actually Aladdin of the magic lamp (and ring) fame. Review: Cinderella: From Fabletown With Love #2 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News
In general, both arms control and disarmament deal with the same subject - arms stability.
The joint effort has led to the disarmament of about 20,000 militiamen.
And that would hopefully disarm an awful lot of the criticism which is at this is a bit of American imperialism aimed against the Muslims of the world.
It forced the German Reich to disarm, and to reduce its standing army down to the little Reichswehr.
You remember that disarming also means to render defenceless. Times, Sunday Times
France will never feel secure until she is on the Rhine from the mouth of Flanders to the border in Switzerland, and as long as that continues there is no way for disarmament, and there is no hope for peace in Europe. The World Crisis and the Outlook
The situation was defused by quick-thinking American officers who had their men take a knee, visibly disarm, and then back off slowly.
With the ceasefire in operation, government troops attempted to restore order in Kabul by disarming mujaheddin fighters roaming the city.
Characteristically, Roosevelt sought to charm and disarm his guest, while committing himself to nothing.
The first few minutes of the film are a paean to romantic love, recreating that intensity and joy with disarming simplicity.
I am not referring to total disarmament, since I do not believe that we can disinvent nuclear weapons to such a degree that we can return to the barbarism of the prenuclear era, in which we slaughtered millions in nonnuclear conflicts. A Scientist and the World He Lives In
He oozes dignity, with his slow baritone and craggy facial topography, topped with a disarming warmth and simplicity. Times, Sunday Times
The attempt to disarm continued after the to rearm became apparent.
Here Mr Kinnock should set out clearly why, in the Gorbachev era[sentence dictionary], negotiated rather than unilateral disarmament is almost always preferable.
The Palestinians will pledge to prevent terror and incitement and disarm all militias.
English, if they spoke it at all, with the halting speech and the twisted idiom that betrayed their foreign birth; being persons who found it entirely consistent to applaud the preachment of planetic disarmament out of one side of their mouths, and out of the other side of their mouths to pray for the success at arms of the War Lord whose hand had shoved the universe over the rim of the chasm. The Thunders of Silence
Propose new disarmament initiatives covering all categories of conventional and nuclear weapons.
But within that disarming simplicity is the beauty, strength, and majesty of the piece. Christianity Today
Well, if you reject the logic of ultimatums, you're telling Iraq you have forever to disarm, which is contradicted by 1441 which said you must immediately disarm, which raises questions about France's commitment to 1441. CNN Transcript Mar 13, 2003
She is known chiefly for her commitment to nuclear disarmament.
Though he has a high school education, he has been trained to be a specialist here, and he considers his job as delicate as disarming a live bomb.
The process of disarmament is at a crucial turning point.
Nightfall is a work of striking juxtapositions and tones that by picture end, come off like an unforgettably disarming person -- you're charmed, discombobulated, even slightly disturbed, and you're not sure what to make of it all. Kim Morgan: For the Love of (Film Noir): Nightfall
At the age of 23, the baby-faced veteran won his first Pulitzer Prize, for a cartoon that showed disarmed Germans under the guard of U.S. troops.

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