unarmed
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4.1
- adjective
- /ʌnˈɑrmd/
- Specialized
:
sin espinas
- "An unarmed self-defense technique advised by the SAS (Special Air Service).
- unarmed combat
Examples
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But they're unarmed.
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The treaty explicitly excepts basic trainers and permits each state to convert 550 mostly older model combat aircraft to unarmed trainers.
Academic text (1991) -
Pushed past his skin and through his bone and into the quiet warm space underneath, her eyes shut, cell to cell, both unarmed.
Fiction book (1997) -
Perhaps at no time before had so many been instructed in unarmed combat, or had such a massive laboratory for life or death situations been undertaken.
Blog text (9) -
But all sounds are not speech, and often it is the unarmed scout who steals from the city gates and breaks the encircling army's hold.
Fiction book (2000) -
Although boxing was given special attention, it was primarily for the fact that not only could it be used as a form of unarmed combat, but also because, "the science of boxing, as Dr. Raycraft has pointed out, is intimately related to the business of bayonet fighting."
Blog text (9) -
Those who do not accept that human stock evolved isolated from baboon stock have to find another resolution to the problem of competition between baboons (large groups of fast, strong, aggressive, well-armed, and allied males) and humans (slow and unarmed).
Academic text (1995) -
Kobayashi: Possible name of a Japanese holdout on Rotohan... harmless, unarmed, roams through hills, steals things from army stores, preferably food and supplies, but has also stolen personal items, including Colonel Korotny's socks.
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The gardener selected unarmed plants for the new landscape design.
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Many flowers are unarmed, making them ideal for a children's garden.
Synonyms
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4.8
Having no sharp spines or thorns on the body
1
3.2
A plant that has no thorns on its stems or branches
An insect or animal that cannot push a sharp part into your skin to hurt you
Antonyms
How Armed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unarmed for plants or animals follows the same idea: un- 'not' plus arm 'weapon', so it means 'without thorns, stings, or other natural weapons' and is safer to touch or approach.