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unarmed

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unarmed
Biology (of animals and plants) having no claws, prickles, spines, thorns, or similar structures

unarmed [¦ən′ärmd]
(ordnance)
The condition of a fuse (or other firing device) in which the necessary steps to put it in condition to function have not taken place; while in the unarmed state the fuse is safe to handle, store, and transport.


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Hence it is that all armed prophets have conquered, and the unarmed ones have been destroyed.
The jailer being unarmed, Brower got no weapon with which to defend his recovered liberty.
Some of our company went into the wood to divert themselves with hearing the birds and frightening the monkeys, creatures so cunning that they would not stir if a man came unarmed, but would run immediately when they saw a gun.
 
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