Historical clue formulations

• Strips of weapons — 2020-05-03
• Takes heat from — 2019-06-01
• Attends to as one might a captured soldier — 2012-08-31
• Deprives of weapons — 2008-09-02
• Renders harmless — 2001-09-23
• Makes harmless, in a way — 1998-05-14