Unarm
[,ʌn'ɑ:m]
Definition
(v. t.) To disarm.
(v. i.) To puff off, or lay down, one's arms or armor.
Inputed by Gretchen
Definition
v.t. to deprive of arms to disarm: to make harmless.—v.i. to take off one's armour.—adjs. Unarmed′ without weapons defenceless: unprotected by any covering—scales prickles &c.: unaided as by a glass; Unar′moured not armoured not plated with armour of ships.
Editor: Stacy
Examples
- The fact that they alone of all the party were unarmed might account for the fact that they had killed no one. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Wait, she whispered, leave them to me, and pushing me advanced, all defenceless and unarmed, upon the snarling banths. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- I did not wish to strike him again, nor was it necessary, since he was unarmed and therefore quite harmless to me. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- I have avoided killing those who are unarmed. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I am unarmed and no enemy, I hastened to explain. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Naked and unarmed as I was, I had no desire to face the unseen thing which menaced me. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Down pour the united nomads on the unwarlike, unarmed plains, and there ensues a war of conquest. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Checker: Micawber