disarmed
Made less threatening
Disarmed is the past tense and participle of disarm, which means to remove weapons from someone or to reduce military forces.
Beyond the literal sense, disarmed often describes having one's defenses lowered emotionally or socially: Her candor completely disarmed me.
Someone who is disarmed in this figurative sense has had their suspicion, hostility, or resistance neutralized, often by charm or unexpected kindness.
Remove armed forces
- decommissionWithdraw from operational use
- disarmamentReducing or eliminating weapons
- ceasefireAgreed halt to fighting
- nonproliferationRestricting weapons dissemination
weapons · arsenal · munitions · surrender · confiscated · neutralized · defused · unloaded
Wholly absorbed by something
- beguiledDeceived through charm
- enchantedUnder magical influence
- softenedMade less severe
- mollifiedSoothed someone's anger
placated · appeased · soothed · melted · endeared · persuaded · swayed · touched
Not likely to harm
- harmlessCausing no injury
- nonviolentNot using physical force
- pacifiedMade tranquil again
- neutralizedMade ineffective or harmless
subdued · tamed · gentle · docile · meek · passive · calm · tranquil
Without means to resist
- unprotectedWithout safeguard or shield
- helplessUnable to act independently
- exposedOut in open
- weakenedMade less capable
powerless · susceptible · open · unguarded · unshielded · undefended · compromised · endangered
demilitarize
Remove armed forces
- decommissionWithdraw from operational use
- disarmamentReducing or eliminating weapons
- ceasefireAgreed halt to fighting
nonproliferation · weapons · arsenal · munitions · surrender · confiscated · neutralized · defused · unloaded · deactivated
captivated
Wholly absorbed by something
mollified · placated · appeased · soothed · melted · endeared · persuaded · swayed · touched · moved
unthreatening
Not likely to harm
- harmlessCausing no injury
- nonviolentNot using physical force
- pacifiedMade tranquil again
neutralized · subdued · tamed · gentle · docile · meek · passive · calm · tranquil · innocuous
defenseless
Without means to resist
- unprotectedWithout safeguard or shield
- helplessUnable to act independently
- exposedOut in open
weakened · powerless · susceptible · open · unguarded · unshielded · undefended · compromised · endangered · threatened
- Security Statussafe, secure, secured, unsafe, insecure
- unarmedweaponless, bare hands, empty hands, fists, hand-to-hand
- peaceful statesceasefire, truce, at peace, neutral, reconciled
- weapon statusloaded, unloaded, jammed, cocked, uncocked
- astonishmentamazement, awe, wonder, wonderstruck, awestruck
- fastening statesfastened, unfastened, locked, unlocked, latched
disarmedarmed
Carrying weapons
weaponized · armed to the teeth · loaded · equipped · rearmed