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disarmament

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /dɪsˈɑː(r)məmənt/
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  • CMU ARPABET: D IH0 S AA1 R M AH0 M AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The reduction or the abolition of the military forces and armaments of a nation, and of its capability to wage war.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The act of disarming an opponent in a fight.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

act of reducing or depriving of arms

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the disarmament of the aggressor nations must be complete

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: disarming

Antonyms: armament

Broader terms: demobilization, demobilisation

History

Etymology

From disarm + -ment, modeled after armament. By surface analysis, dis + armament.

Across languages

Translations

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: نَزْع السِلَاح (nazʕ as-silāḥ) — the reduction of military forces and armaments
  • Armenian: զինաթափում (zinatʻapʻum) — the reduction of military forces and armaments
  • Armenian: զինաթափություն (zinatʻapʻutʻyun) — the reduction of military forces and armaments
  • Azerbaijani: tərksilah — the reduction of military forces and armaments
  • Belarusian: раззбрае́нне (razzbrajénnje) — the reduction of military forces and armaments
  • Belarusian: раззбрае́ньне (razzbrajénʹnje) — the reduction of military forces and armaments
  • Bulgarian: разоръжа́ване (razorǎžávane) — the reduction of military forces and armaments
  • Catalan: desarmament — the reduction of military forces and armaments
  • Chinese Mandarin: 裁軍 /裁军 (cáijūn) — the reduction of military forces and armaments
  • Czech: odzbrojení — the reduction of military forces and armaments
  • Danish: nedrustning — the reduction of military forces and armaments
  • Dutch: ontwapening — the reduction of military forces and armaments
  • Esperanto: malarmado — the reduction of military forces and armaments
  • Estonian: desarmeerimine — the reduction of military forces and armaments
  • Faroese: avdubbing — the reduction of military forces and armaments
  • Faroese: avvápning — the reduction of military forces and armaments
  • Faroese: avvápnan — the reduction of military forces and armaments
  • Finnish: aseistariisunta — the reduction of military forces and armaments
  • Finnish: aseidenriisunta — the reduction of military forces and armaments
  • French: désarmement — the reduction of military forces and armaments
  • Galician: desarmamento — the reduction of military forces and armaments
  • Georgian: განიარაღება (ganiaraɣeba) — the reduction of military forces and armaments
  • German: Abrüstung — the reduction of military forces and armaments
  • Greek: αφοπλισμός (afoplismós) — the reduction of military forces and armaments
  • Hebrew: פירוק נשק \ פֵּרוּק הַנֶּשֶׁק (perúk ha-néshek) — the reduction of military forces and armaments
  • Hindi: निरस्त्रीकरण (nirastrīkaraṇ) — the reduction of military forces and armaments
  • Hindi: निशस्त्रीकरण (niśastrīkaraṇ) — the reduction of military forces and armaments
  • Hungarian: lefegyverzés — the reduction of military forces and armaments
  • Hungarian: leszerelés — the reduction of military forces and armaments
  • Italian: disarmo — the reduction of military forces and armaments
  • Japanese: 軍縮 (gunshuku) — the reduction of military forces and armaments
  • Kazakh: қарусыздандыру (qarusyzdandyru) — the reduction of military forces and armaments
  • Kazakh: құралсыздану (qūralsyzdanu) — the reduction of military forces and armaments
  • Korean: 군축 (gunchuk) — the reduction of military forces and armaments
  • Kyrgyz: куралсыздануу (kuralsızdanuu) — the reduction of military forces and armaments
  • Kyrgyz: куралсыздандыруу (kuralsızdandıruu) — the reduction of military forces and armaments
  • Latvian: atbruņošanās — the reduction of military forces and armaments
  • Lithuanian: nusiginklavimas — the reduction of military forces and armaments
  • Macedonian: разоружување (razoružuvanje) — the reduction of military forces and armaments
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nedrustning — the reduction of military forces and armaments
  • Iranian Persian: خَلْعِ سِلاح (xal'-e selâh) — the reduction of military forces and armaments
  • Iranian Persian: کاهِشِ تَسْلیحات (kâheš-e taslihât) — the reduction of military forces and armaments
  • Piedmontese: disarmament — the reduction of military forces and armaments
  • Polish: rozbrojenie — the reduction of military forces and armaments
  • Portuguese: desarmamento — the reduction of military forces and armaments
  • Romanian: dezarmare — the reduction of military forces and armaments
  • Russian: разоруже́ние (razoružénije) — the reduction of military forces and armaments
  • Serbo-Croatian: разоружање — the reduction of military forces and armaments
  • Serbo-Croatian: razoružanje — the reduction of military forces and armaments
  • Slovak: odzbrojenie — the reduction of military forces and armaments
  • Slovene: razorožitev — the reduction of military forces and armaments
  • Slovene: razoroževanje — the reduction of military forces and armaments
  • Spanish: desarme — the reduction of military forces and armaments
  • Swedish: nedrustning — the reduction of military forces and armaments
  • Tajik: халъи силоҳ (xal'-i siloh) — the reduction of military forces and armaments
  • Turkish: silahsızlanma — the reduction of military forces and armaments
  • Ukrainian: роззбро́єння (rozzbrójennja) — the reduction of military forces and armaments
  • Urdu: تَخْفِیفِ اَسْلِحَہ (taxfīf-i asliha) — the reduction of military forces and armaments
  • Uzbek: qurolsizlantirish — the reduction of military forces and armaments
Real reading context

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