To reduce one's own military forces.
To disable the security systems on.
To lay down arms; to stand down.
To deprive of the means or the disposition to harm; to render harmless or innocuous.
To deprive of weapons; to deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render defenseless.
The act of depriving a person of a weapon they carry.
To remove a limb from, to dismember, to pull off arms or legs.