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unarm [uhn-ahrm] ExamplesWord Origin See more synonyms for unarm on Thesaurus.com verb (used with object)
- to deprive or relieve of arms; disarm.
Origin of unarm First recorded in 1300–50, unarm is from the Middle English word unarmen. See un-2, arm2 Related Words for unarm demobilize, subdue, neutralize, deactivate, occupy, disband, demilitarize, paralyze, invalidate, disqualify, debilitate, conciliate, skin, incapacitate, cripple, disable, strip, pacify, subjugate, prostrate Examples from the Web for unarm Historical Examples of unarm
So he alighted, tied his horse to the tree, and prayed the lady to unarm him.
Stories of the Days of King Arthur
Charles Henry Hanson
Unarm him first, then if he be not obstinate Preserve his life.Arc.
Beaumont & Fletcher’s Works (3 of 10): The Loyal Subject
Francis Beaumont
Do you mean, then, to fall upon them naked and unarm’d, and butcher them in cold Blood?
Frank Luther Mott
Go, tell no man to unarm himself; and let them shoot, in case of necessity, as sharply on those who cry France and St. Denis!
Sir Walter Scott
And therewith Sir Launcelot alighted, and tied his horse to the same tree, and prayed the lady to unarm him.
Le Morte D’Arthur, Volume I (of II)
Thomas Malory
British Dictionary definitions for unarm unarm verb
- a less common word for disarm