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dis·ar·ma·ment

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–noun

1.	the act or an instance of disarming.

2.	the reduction or limitation of the size, equipment, armament, etc., of the army, navy, or air force of a country.

[Origin: 1785–95; disarm + -ament, after armament

]

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n.

The act of laying down arms, especially the reduction or abolition of a nation's military forces and armaments.
The condition of being disarmed.

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disarmament
noun
act of reducing or depriving of arms; "the disarmament of the aggressor nations must be complete" [syn: disarming] [ant: armament]

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disˈarmament noun

the act of doing away with war-weapons

Arabic:	نَزْع سِلاح
Chinese (Simplified):	裁军
Chinese (Traditional):	裁軍
Czech:	odzbrojení
Danish:	nedrustning
Dutch:	ontwapening
Estonian:	desarmeerimine
Finnish:	aseidenriisunta
French:	désarmement
German:	die Abrüstung
Greek:	αφοπλισμός
Hungarian:	leszerelés, lefegyverzés
Icelandic:	afvopnun
Indonesian:	perlucutan senjata
Italian:	disarmo

Japanese:	軍備縮小
Korean:	무장 해제
Latvian:	atbruņošana; atbruņošanās
Lithuanian:	nu(si)ginklavimas
Norwegian:	avvæpning, nedrusting
Polish:	rozbrojenie
Portuguese (Brazil):	desarmamento
Portuguese (Portugal):	desarmamento
Romanian:	dezarmare
Russian:	разоружение
Slovak:	odzbrojenie
Slovenian:	razorožitev
Spanish:	desarme
Swedish:	avväpning, avrustning, nedrustning
Turkish:	silâhsızlanma