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disarmament

di·sar·ma·ment

UK/dɪsˈɑː(r)məmənt/ US/dɪˈsɑrmʌmʌnt/ rare

noun

1.

act of reducing or depriving of arms

  • “the disarmament of the aggressor nations must be complete”
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Origin

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

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