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单词 disalarm
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disalarmv.

Brit. /ˌdɪsəˈlɑːm/, U.S. /ˌdɪsəˈlɑrm/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dis- prefix, alarm n.
Etymology: < dis- prefix + alarm n. Compare slightly later alarm v. 4.
Now rare.
transitive. To relieve from alarm; to allay the fears of; to reassure.
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the world > action or operation > safety > make safe or secure [verb (transitive)] > free from alarm
disalarm1617
1617 Sir F. Burdett in Parl. Deb. 1693 Who had taken..care that not a syllable should be inserted that could tend to disalarm the country.
1817 Morning Chron. 21 June There was..the utmost precautions used as to the insertion or omission of any thing which might..disalarm the country.
1891 A. H. Keane tr. W. Junker Trav. in Afr. II. ix. 333 I told Farag 'Allâh..to call out and disalarm the fleeing shadow.
1914 Conditions Coal Mines Colorado: Hearings before Subcomm. of Comm. on Mines & Mining (U.S. House of Representatives, 63rd Congr., 2nd Sess.) I. 104 To disalarm the miners..as to the conditions of the coal mines.
1980 Sewanee Rev. 88 336 He succeeded in disalarming so many mothers of prospective girl-friends.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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