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unarmed Definition

un·armed (-ärmd′)

adjective

  1. having no weapons, esp. firearms, or armor; defenseless
  2. lacking scales, claws, spines, thorns, etc.: said of plants or animals

  • unarmored
  • unartistic

unarmed Synonyms

unarmed

modif.

weaponless, defenseless, naked, harmless, undefended, disarmed, peaceable, unfortified; see also pacific, weak 5, 6.

Antonyms armed*, armed to the teeth, equipped.

unarmed Usage Examples

Modifying Another Word

  • also: They are also unarmed: where coercion is required, the responsibility becomes that of the higher tier of police.
  • mainly: Rights groups say that upwards of 1,000 people - mainly unarmed civilians - were killed by government troops.

Modifies a noun

  • demonstrator: Only they weren't, they were firing at snipers who were shooting at unarmed demonstrators.
  • civilian: The vast majority of the victims are unarmed civilians.
  • protester: Must be capable of stopping unarmed peace protesters entering premises.
  • protestor: Troops opened fire on unarmed peaceful protestors on the evening of June the 3rd 1989.
  • combat: In her fighter cockpit or in unarmed combat, she's force to be reckoned with.
  • prisoner: The field where the unarmed British prisoners where shot.

Used with adjective complement

  • go: Even the boys carry knives, and hardly any adult villager goes unarmed.
  • shoot: A South Armagh man from a strongly republican village, Aiken showed " no compunction about shooting unarmed Protestants " .