neutralise, neutralize. make incapable of military action. type of: deprive, divest, strip.
Synonyms of disarm (verb render defenseless) deactivate. demilitarize. demobilize.
removing or capable of removing hostility, suspicion, etc., as by being charming: a disarming smile.
Personal disarmament is the act of standing undefended, and speaking the feelings, usually fear or pain, that underlie our anger and the impulses to protect ourselves with aggression or other defensive maneuvers. The more I practiced, the less fearful I felt, and the more natural it became for me to drop my guard.
making someone like you, especially when he or she had not expected to: He displayed a disarming honesty by telling them about his father's bankruptcy.
disarming in American English
1. removing or allaying suspicions, fears, or hostility. 2. making friendly or agreeable; ingratiating.
Telling a woman she's disarming implies that she so enchantingly charming that you're willing to put down your defenses for her.
to deprive of the means of attack or defense: The lack of logic disarmed his argument. to divest or relieve of hostility, suspicion, etc.; win the affection or approval of; charm: His smile disarmed us.
Structure, alignment, angling, flow, timing, movement, distancing, recognition, leveraging, sensitivity and coordinated motion are all key principles of the Filipino martial arts, and are found within disarms.
Psychologists use the term “gaslighting” to refer to a specific type of manipulation where the manipulator is trying to get someone else (or a group of people) to question their own reality, memory or perceptions.
The manipulator may experience physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual distress due to a guilty conscience and shame. The manipulator may feel stress and anxiety from having to constantly “cover” themselves, for fear of being found out and exposed.
Simply put, a master manipulator is someone who is skilled at influencing others to behave or think in a certain way for their own benefit or to achieve a particular goal.
When you disarm someone, you take their weapons away from them. An archery instructor might, for example, disarm a student if he wasn't handling his bow and arrow carefully. To disarm is to remove a gun, knife — or any kind of weapon — from someone's hands, or from a group of people.
Grudge, malice, spite refer to ill will held against another or others. A grudge is a feeling of resentment harbored because of some real or fancied wrong: to hold a grudge because of jealousy; She has a grudge against him.
Etymology. Middle English desarmen, literally, to divest of arms, from Anglo-French desarmer, from des- dis- + armer to arm. 15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a. The first known use of disarm was in the 15th century.
Hostility is a psychological trait characterized by a mixture of anger and disgust, and is associated with emotions such as resentment, indignation, and contempt.
to take weapons away from someone, or to give up weapons or armies: With one movement, she disarmed the man and pinned him against the wall.
Hostile attribution bias is a type of cognitive bias where individuals tend to interpret the behavior of others in various situations as threatening, aggressive, or both. More specifically, it is an attribution bias that stems from wondering about the cause of other people's behaviors, similar to self-serving bias.
(kəmbætɪv ) adjective. A person who is combative is aggressive and eager to fight or argue. He conducted the meeting yesterday in his usual combative style, refusing to admit any mistakes.
Sometimes you do have to disarm to get away safely. For instance, if you are in close proximity to your attacker (such as in a bar) and you cannot get away easily, or, if you are dealing with a weapon that has a lot of range, or, you may have friends and family close by that could get hurt if you don't disarm.
Flattery is excessive praise. If you're hoping to borrow your brother's car, be careful not to overdo it when you compliment his haircut, new shoes, and singing voice — he knows flattery when he sees it. As opposed to real praise, flattery is insincere and almost always has an ulterior motive.