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un·armed

   [uhn-ahrmd]
adjective
1.
without weapons or armor.
2.
not having claws, thorns, scales, etc., as animals or plants.
3.
(of an artillery shell) not armed.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English; see un-1, armed

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un·arm

   [uhn-ahrm]
verb (used with object)
to deprive or relieve of arms; disarm.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English unarmen. See un-2, arm2
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unarmed (ʌnˈɑːmd)
 
—adj
1.  without weapons
2.  (of animals and plants) having no claws, prickles, spines, thorns, or similar structures
3.  of or relating to a projectile that does not use a detonator to initiate explosive action

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unarmed
c.1300, from un- (1) "not" + pp. of arm (v.).
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