Dictionary

disarmament en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /dɪsˈɑː(r)məmənt/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The reduction or the abolition of the military forces and armaments of a nation, and of its capability to wage war.
2. (countable, uncountable) The 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:

Forms

Deriveds

prodisarmament · nondisarmament

Relateds

demilitarisation

Translations (60)

mi tupenga (the reduction of military forces and armaments) · ka განიარაღება (the reduction of military forces and armaments) · pt desarmamento (the reduction of military forces and armaments) · it disarmo (the reduction of military forces and armaments) · uk роззбро́єння (the reduction of military forces and armaments) · ky куралсыздандыруу (the reduction of military forces and armaments) · hi निशस्त्रीकरण (the reduction of military forces and armaments) · hu lefegyverzés (the reduction of military forces and armaments) · mk разоружување (the reduction of military forces and armaments) · ca desarmament (the reduction of military forces and armaments) · ro dezarmare (the reduction of military forces and armaments) · pl rozbrojenie (the reduction of military forces and armaments) · ru разоруже́ние (the reduction of military forces and armaments) · be раззбрае́ньне (the reduction of military forces and armaments) · hi निरस्त्रीकरण (the reduction of military forces and armaments) · az tərksilah (the reduction of military forces and armaments) · bg разоръжа́ване (the reduction of military forces and armaments) · hy զինաթափություն (the reduction of military forces and armaments) · nb nedrustning (the reduction of military forces and armaments) · sv nedrustning (the reduction of military forces and armaments) · de Abrüstung (the reduction of military forces and armaments) · tg халъи силоҳ (the reduction of military forces and armaments) · fo avdubbing (the reduction of military forces and armaments) · fa-ira خَلْعِ سِلاح (the reduction of military forces and armaments) · ur تَخْفِیفِ اَسْلِحَہ (the reduction of military forces and armaments) · sl razorožitev (the reduction of military forces and armaments) · hy զինաթափում (the reduction of military forces and armaments) · ky куралсыздануу (the reduction of military forces and armaments) · eo malarmado (the reduction of military forces and armaments) · sk odzbrojenie (the reduction of military forces and armaments) · da nedrustning (the reduction of military forces and armaments) · sh razoružanje (the reduction of military forces and armaments) · nl ontwapening (the reduction of military forces and armaments) · ar نَزْع السِلَاح (the reduction of military forces and armaments) · lv atbruņošanās (the reduction of military forces and armaments) · fa-ira کاهِشِ تَسْلیحات (the reduction of military forces and armaments) · fo avvápnan (the reduction of military forces and armaments) · pms disarmament (the reduction of military forces and armaments) · fo avvápning (the reduction of military forces and armaments) · be раззбрае́нне (the reduction of military forces and armaments) · fi aseidenriisunta (the reduction of military forces and armaments) · fi aseistariisunta (the reduction of military forces and armaments) · tr silahsızlanma (the reduction of military forces and armaments) · sh разоружање (the reduction of military forces and armaments) · cs odzbrojení (the reduction of military forces and armaments) · kk қарусыздандыру (the reduction of military forces and armaments) · hu leszerelés (the reduction of military forces and armaments) · lt nusiginklavimas (the reduction of military forces and armaments) · sl razoroževanje (the reduction of military forces and armaments) · et desarmeerimine (the reduction of military forces and armaments) · kk құралсыздану (the reduction of military forces and armaments) · cmn 裁軍 /裁军 (the reduction of military forces and armaments) · fr désarmement (the reduction of military forces and armaments) · gl desarmamento (the reduction of military forces and armaments) · ja 軍縮 (the reduction of military forces and armaments) · ko 군축 (the reduction of military forces and armaments) · es desarme (the reduction of military forces and armaments) · uz qurolsizlantirish (the reduction of military forces and armaments) · he פירוק נשק \ פֵּרוּק הַנֶּשֶׁק (the reduction of military forces and armaments) · el αφοπλισμός (the reduction of military forces and armaments)