weaponless
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4.6
- adjective
- /ˈwɛpənləs/
:
desarmado
- The protesters marched weaponless, advocating for peace and non-violence.
Examples
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Damien stumbles back, weaponless.
Fiction book (1999) -
Varina turned as she heard the shadow-man's singsong voice from the other side of the group, where Myrmeen, weaponless, stood between Burke and Ord, whose swords were drawn and crossed before the woman they had sworn to protect.
Fiction book (1992) -
I'm trained in weaponless defense.
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And then I'd be left weaponless.
Fiction book (1997) -
Everything in it is prepared for the siege, only I am surprised, weaponless, outside the walls.
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Hands up to grapple, but weaponless.
Fiction book (1994) -
He appears to be weaponless.
Fiction book (1999) -
She sprawled in a heap, weaponless, helpless.
Fiction book (1992) -
The goblin had let him go; she might have bewitched the creature, or not, for all he knew. She might not know what had happened up there on the stairs and might ask herself how he had escaped, weaponless.
Fiction book (1992) -
Ruffled and weaponless, Vienna is helpless, entrapped by "true womanhood."
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
163
2.7
A person who is not carrying any weapons
Antonyms
How Armed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Weaponless starts with weapon, a 'tool for fighting', and ends with -less, meaning 'without', so it simply means 'without a weapon' and is the same idea as being 'unarmed'.