Disarm vs Deactivate - What's the difference?
disarm | deactivate |
To deprive of arms; to take away the weapons of; to deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render defenseless.
To deprive of the means or the disposition to harm; to render harmless or innocuous; as, to disarm a man's wrath.
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To lay down arms; to stand down.
To reduce one's own military forces.
(ergative) to make something inactive or no longer effective
to prevent the action of a biochemical agent (such as an enzyme)
to remove a person or piece of hardware from active military service