unarmed
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2.7
- adjective
- /ʌnˈɑrmd/
:
desarmado
- The ulama's initial ruling permitted only unarmed soldiers to enter the mosque.
- unarmed civilians
- unarmed soldiers
- shoot unarmed civilians
I have never seen anybody shoot an unarmed person or a person that wasn't a threat.
- I have never seen anybody shoot an unarmed person or a person that wasn't a threat.
- You know, the main threat is we were driving around in unarmed vehicles.
- West Virginia boy shoots and kills an unarmed dude.
- British troops opened fire on a a crowd, a crowd of unarmed Indians.
- And it was we were flying unarmed with no second pod because we were just doing visual.
- And yet I find out that this guy just stabbed someone and he's being subdued by a bunch of unarmed, terrified people.
- It's about a black unarmed teen getting shot by a white police officer as a young adult book.
Examples
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As you can see, I'm unarmed.
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At that time, a relatively small, unarmed force was deployed to separate the antagonists.
Academic text (1996) -
And to lead that group going in there unarmed, ready to get beat.
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- I am unarmed, sir.
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Do not go in unarmed.
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There is no honor in hurting unarmed civilians, and I won't let it happen.
Academic text (2014) -
Later, he wondered what he had thought he was doing, an unarmed elderly man attacking vandals.
Fiction book (1991) -
In 2009, Chinese ships harassed the unarmed U.S. Navy ship Impeccable in international waters off the coast of China.
Academic text (2011) -
The marker reads: "Here near a score of unarmed recruits were shot August 21, 1863."
Academic text (2009) -
The soldier raised his hands to show that he was unarmed.
Synonyms
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4.6
Not carrying anything that can be used to hurt someone
Antonyms
How Armed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unarmed is made of un- meaning 'not' and arm meaning 'weapon' or 'arms', like you see in armor and army. So unarmed means 'not carrying weapons'.