noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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UK:/dɪsˈɑː(r)məmənt/
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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
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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