Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb unarm

1 sense of unarm

Sense 1
disarm, unarm -- (take away the weapons from; render harmless)
       => deprive, strip, divest -- (take away possessions from someone; "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets")

Antonyms of adj unarmed

2 senses of unarmed

Sense 1
unarmed (vs. armed) -- ((used of persons or the military) not having or using arms; "went alone and unarmed"; "unarmed peasants were shot down"; "unarmed vehicles")

armed (vs. unarmed) -- ((used of persons or the military) characterized by having or bearing arms; "armed robbery")
        => equipped, weaponed -- (carrying weapons)
        => light-armed -- (armed with light equipment and weapons; "a light-armed brigade")
        => militarized, militarised -- (issued military arms)

Sense 2
unarmed (vs. armed) -- ((used of plants or animals) lacking barbs or stings or thorns)

armed (vs. unarmed) -- ((used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns)
        => barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, spiny, thorny -- (having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers")
        => bristlelike -- (resembling a bristle)
        => brushlike -- (resembling a brush; "brushlike blue blooms")
        => thistlelike -- (resembling a thistle)
        => clawed, taloned -- ((of predatory animals) armed with claws or talons)

Similarity of adj unarmed

2 senses of unarmed

Sense 1
unarmed (vs. armed) -- ((used of persons or the military) not having or using arms; "went alone and unarmed"; "unarmed peasants were shot down"; "unarmed vehicles")
       => barehanded -- (with bare hands; "fought barehanded")
       => clean -- (not carrying concealed weapons)
       => defenseless, defenceless -- (lacking weapons for self-defense)
       => weaponless -- (without a weapon)

Sense 2
unarmed (vs. armed) -- ((used of plants or animals) lacking barbs or stings or thorns)
       => thornless, spineless -- (lacking thorns)

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