disarm
verb (used with object)
to deprive of a weapon or weapons.
were disarming
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past progressiveof disarm.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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It came as more than 5,200 of the former rebel group’s fighters were disarming just weeks before a visit by Pope Francis and a national election.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 1, 2019
However, scores of demonstrators took to the streets of Bangui on Sunday to complain that French forces were disarming only Seleka fighters, exposing Muslims to revenge attacks by anti-balaka.
From Reuters ● Dec. 24, 2013
Her “quick wit and gracious tact” were disarming.
From Washington Post
Those who had watched Leneman at work could report that, whether or not he quite achieved his ends, his means and his theories were disarming.
From Time Magazine Archive
One officer escaped while the burghers were disarming their prisoners and yielding themselves to the spirit of plunder with which every man is possessed after a severe struggle for victory.
From The Petticoat Commando Boer Women in Secret Service by Johanna Brandt
