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1. Capable of allaying hostility

1. Act of reducing or depriving of arms
   "the disarming of the aggressor nations must be complete";
   - disarmament

1. Remove offensive capability from
   - demilitarize, demilitarise [Brit]
    
2. Make less hostile; win over
   "Her charm disarmed the prosecution lawyer completely"
    
3. Take away the weapons from; render harmless
   - unarm

See also: unprovocative, unprovoking

Type of: convert, convince, demobilisation [Brit], demobilization, deprive, divest, strip, win over

Antonym: arming

Encyclopedia: Disarming