disarmament

The reduction or removal of a country’s weapons and military forces.

• They called for nuclear disarmament.
• The two countries began disarmament talks.
• A new treaty could make disarmament easier to verify.

Opposites: armament, rearmament

Common phrases: nuclear disarmament, disarmament talks, disarmament treaty

The act of taking a weapon away from someone during a fight.

• The fight ended with his disarmament.
• The instructor demonstrated the disarmament of an attacker.
• Successful disarmament left the opponent without a sword.

Common phrases: disarmament of someone, successful disarmament