Meanings
noundisarmament (countable and uncountable, plural disarmaments)
plural disarmaments
- countableuncountableThe reduction or the abolition of the military forces and armaments of a nation, and of its capability to wage war.
- countableuncountableThe act of disarming an opponent in a fight.
With spears, swords and knives flying off the stage from intended defensive disarmament, no one sitting near the stage could afford to even blink his eyes.
1974, Black Belt, volume 12, number 11, page 15
Synonyms & antonyms
nounact of reducing or depriving of arms
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Arabic نَزْع السِلَاح
- نَزْع السِلَاح (nazʕ as-silāḥ)the reduction of military forces and armaments
Bulgarian разоръжа́ване
- разоръжа́ване (razorăžávane)the reduction of military forces and armaments
Catalan desarmament
- desarmamentthe reduction of military forces and armaments
Chinese Mandarin 裁軍 /裁军
- 裁軍 /裁军 (cáijūn)the reduction of military forces and armaments
Czech odzbrojení
- odzbrojeníthe reduction of military forces and armaments
Danish nedrustning
- nedrustningthe reduction of military forces and armaments
Dutch ontwapening
- ontwapeningthe reduction of military forces and armaments
Esperanto malarmado
- malarmadothe reduction of military forces and armaments
Estonian desarmeerimine
- desarmeeriminethe reduction of military forces and armaments
Finnish aseistariisunta, aseidenriisunta
- aseistariisuntathe reduction of military forces and armaments
- aseidenriisuntathe reduction of military forces and armaments
French désarmement
- désarmementthe reduction of military forces and armaments
German Abrüstung
- Abrüstungthe reduction of military forces and armaments
Greek αφοπλισμός
- αφοπλισμός (afoplismós)the reduction of military forces and armaments
Hebrew פירוק נשק \ פֵּרוּק הַנֶּשֶׁק
- פירוק נשק \ פֵּרוּק הַנֶּשֶׁק (perúk ha-néshek)the reduction of military forces and armaments
Hindi निरस्त्रीकरण, निशस्त्रीकरण
- निरस्त्रीकरण (nirastrīkaraṇ)the reduction of military forces and armaments
- निशस्त्रीकरण (niśastrīkaraṇ)the reduction of military forces and armaments
Hungarian lefegyverzés, leszerelés
- lefegyverzésthe reduction of military forces and armaments
- leszerelésthe reduction of military forces and armaments
Italian disarmo
- disarmothe reduction of military forces and armaments
Japanese 軍縮
- 軍縮 (gunshuku)the reduction of military forces and armaments
Korean 군축
- 군축 (gunchuk)the reduction of military forces and armaments
Latvian atbruņošanās
- atbruņošanāsthe reduction of military forces and armaments
Lithuanian nusiginklavimas
- nusiginklavimasthe reduction of military forces and armaments
Māori tupenga
- tupengathe reduction of military forces and armaments
Norwegian Bokmål nedrustning
- nedrustningthe reduction of military forces and armaments
Polish rozbrojenie
- rozbrojeniethe reduction of military forces and armaments
Portuguese desarmamento
- desarmamentothe reduction of military forces and armaments
Romanian dezarmare
- dezarmarethe reduction of military forces and armaments
Russian разоруже́ние
- разоруже́ние (razoružénije)the reduction of military forces and armaments
Slovak odzbrojenie
- odzbrojeniethe reduction of military forces and armaments
Spanish desarme
- desarmethe reduction of military forces and armaments
Swedish nedrustning
- nedrustningthe reduction of military forces and armaments
Turkish silahsızlanma
- silahsızlanmathe reduction of military forces and armaments
Ukrainian роззбро́єння
- роззбро́єння (rozzbrójennja)the reduction of military forces and armaments
Urdu تَخْفِیفِ اَسْلِحَہ
- تَخْفِیفِ اَسْلِحَہ (taxfīf-i asliha)the reduction of military forces and armaments
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disarmament. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disarmament
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“disarmament.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disarmament. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disarmament,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disarmament.
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