as in unarmed
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as in demilitarized
to reduce the size and strength of the armed forces of
the defeated nation was disarmed so that it would never again be a threat to international order
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as in appeased
to lessen the anger or agitation of
her future father-in-law was totally disarmed by her easy charm
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Adjective
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And the perception of personal safety, and the agency’s spending on unarmed security and dog teams to address that perception, remains a focal point for the CTA board.—
Sarah Freishtat,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Jan. 2025 -
The investigation stemmed from decades of scandals, such as a 1994 murder ordered by a corrupt officer and the police cover-up of unarmed civilian killings after Hurricane Katrina.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
15 Jan. 2025
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Chamberlain was a British prime minister who appeased Nazi Germany during its rise.—
Anthony Man,
Sun Sentinel,
14 Oct. 2024
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In some eerie festivals, the dead who return from the other side are to be feared, avoided or appeased to stop them from doing harm to the living.—
Matt Ralphs,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 Oct. 2024
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Where the novel viewed race with passive indifference, the musical faced it head-on, building out peripheral Black characters and opening with a Black chorus, followed in the same scene by a white one, integrating what was typically kept on separate stages.—
Joshua Barone,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2025
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This means all fans point inward, and heat exits the system through a rear passive outlet rather than some fans blowing out the back or top.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
7 Jan. 2025
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“Disarmed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disarmed. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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