Unloaded
[ʌn'lod]
Definition
(adj.) (of weapons) not charged with ammunition; 'many people are killed by guns thought to be unloaded' .
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Examples
- Stretcher-bearers came in all the time, put their stretchers down, unloaded them and went away. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The four machines can be moved to any part of the dock to which steamers are moored and four ships can be unloaded rapidly at one time. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Of course, this being the case, when ships were loaded or unloaded there, the goods could not be taken round to the western pass,—hence the tunnel. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Just as the operator was bringing it across the shop unloaded, he saw two laborers ahead of him in altercation. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- We got into Milan early in the morning and they unloaded us in the freight yard. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The instant the beam tips, the connection is broken and the feed stops instantly, thus rendering it impossible to introduce any more material until the charge has been unloaded. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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