- present participle of disarm.
disarming
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She was a disarming contradiction: manufactured and utterly sincere.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
A man who was hailed a hero for disarming one of the Bondi Beach shooters in December has had assault charges against him dropped by police.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Fruit seller Ahmed al Ahmed was hailed as a hero after footage showed him disarming a gunman during the December 14 attack, which killed 15 people at a Jewish festival.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
These sorts of surprises bloom from the center of Olivia Wilde’s latest directorial effort, “The Invite,” a chamber comedy that’s equal parts droll and disarming.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
So Gerris Drinkwater gave the captain of Adventure his most disarming smile.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I've Been to the Mountaintop" (1968)
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