Antonyms of noun disarming

1 sense of disarming

Sense 1
disarming, disarmament -- (act of reducing or depriving of arms; "the disarmament of the aggressor nations must be complete")
       Antonym of arming (Sense 1)
      => arming, armament, equipping -- (the act of equiping with weapons in preparation for war)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun disarming

1 sense of disarming

Sense 1
disarming, disarmament -- (act of reducing or depriving of arms; "the disarmament of the aggressor nations must be complete")
       => demobilization, demobilisation -- (act of changing from a war basis to a peace basis including disbanding or discharging troops; "demobilization of factories"; "immediate demobilization of the reserves")

Antonyms of verb disarm

1 of 3 senses of disarm

Sense 1
disarm, demilitarize, demilitarise -- (remove offensive capability from)
       Antonym of arm (Sense 1)
      => arm, build up, fortify, gird -- (prepare oneself for a military confrontation; "The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East"; "troops are building up on the Iraqi border")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb disarm

3 senses of disarm

Sense 1
disarm, demilitarize, demilitarise -- (remove offensive capability from)

Sense 2
disarm -- (make less hostile; win over; "Her charm disarmed the prosecution lawyer completely")
       => convert, win over, convince -- (make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something; "He had finally convinced several customers of the advantages of his product")

Sense 3
disarm, unarm -- (take away the weapons from; render harmless)
       => deprive, strip, divest -- (take away possessions from someone; "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets")

Antonyms of adj disarming

1 sense of disarming

Sense 1
disarming -- (capable of allaying hostility)

INDIRECT (VIA unprovocative) -> provocative -- (serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; stimulating discussion or exciting controversy; "a provocative remark"; "a provocative smile"; "provocative Irish tunes which...compel the hearers to dance"- Anthony Trollope)

Similarity of adj disarming

1 sense of disarming

Sense 1
disarming -- (capable of allaying hostility)
       => unprovocative (vs. provocative), unprovoking -- (not provocative)

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