The act of depriving a person of a weapon they carry.

(transitive) To deprive of weapons; to deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render defenseless.

(transitive) To deprive of the means or the disposition to harm; to render harmless or innocuous.

(intransitive) To lay down arms; to stand down.

(intransitive) To reduce one's own military forces.

(transitive) To disable the security systems on.