Sentence:  Since 1987, Mugabe has been the President of the country. Here is a man, who, at independence, made us believe that we had <WSD>beaten our swords into ploughshares</WSD> and our spears into pruning hooks only to torment Joshua Nkomo and his Zapu, as well as innocent civilians. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To refrain from doing aggressive activities (ie: war, terrorism, etc.) and to do peaceful ones.