disarm
verb (used with object)
to deprive of a weapon or weapons.
had disarmed
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past perfectof disarm.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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It even looks like if anyone fired Pretti’s gun, it was a federal agent who had disarmed him and accidentally shot it into the pavement.
From Slate ● Jan. 24, 2026
Guests are also invited to be recognized as heroes, as happened last year when the president invited Brandon Tsay, who had disarmed the mass shooter in Monterey Park.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
Sheriff Robert Luna of Los Angeles County said in a news briefing Sunday afternoon that “two community members” had disarmed the shooter at the Alhambra ballroom.
From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2023
In Liberia, Mozambique, Uganda and Rwanda they had disarmed tens of thousands of children and reunited them with their families.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 10, 2017
Father’s gentle courtesy had disarmed and mellowed her and, though she would have died sooner than admit it, she loved him as fiercely as she disliked the rest of the world.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
