unarmed
Carrying no weapons
Unarmed means not carrying weapons: The police shot an unarmed man.
It can also describe something stripped of weapons or defenses: unarmed combat uses no weapons by design.
Figuratively, unarmed suggests vulnerability or lack of preparation: She felt unarmed against his arguments.
Having no arms
- strippedHad coverings removed
- confiscatedSeized by authority
- surrenderedCeased resistance formally
- decommissionedRemoved from active service
demilitarized · neutralized · unloaded · seized · searched · cleared · checked · secured
Without means to resist
- unprotectedWithout safeguard or shield
- exposedOut in open
- helplessUnable to act independently
- shieldlessHaving no protective barrier
undefended · susceptible · endangered · prey · victim · assailable · powerless · outmatched
Not using physical force
- pacifistAnti-violence believer
- harmlessCausing no injury
- unthreateningNot likely to harm
- peacefulFree from disturbance
noncombatant · civilian · innocuous · nonaggressive · diplomatic · surrendering · compliant · passive
weaponless
Having no arms
- strippedHad coverings removed
- confiscatedSeized by authority
- surrenderedCeased resistance formally
decommissioned · demilitarized · neutralized · unloaded · seized · searched · cleared · checked · secured
defenseless
Without means to resist
- unprotectedWithout safeguard or shield
- exposedOut in open
- helplessUnable to act independently
shieldless · undefended · susceptible · endangered · prey · victim · assailable · powerless · outmatched · threatened
nonviolent
Not using physical force
- pacifistAnti-violence believer
- harmlessCausing no injury
- unthreateningNot likely to harm
peaceful · noncombatant · civilian · innocuous · nonaggressive · diplomatic · surrendering · compliant · passive · submissive
hand-to-hand
At grappling distance
- grapplingClose-quarters combat technique
- wrestlingCombat sport requiring holds
- boxingCombat sport using fists
karate · judo · taekwondo · aikido · capoeira · kungfu · jiujitsu · pugilism · sparring · clinch
- U-wordsugly, ultimate, ultra, umbrella, unable
- unreadyunprepared, ill-prepared, ill-equipped, unready, not ready
- vulnerabilityvulnerability, vulnerable, defenselessness, defenseless, helplessness
- military statusactive duty, enlisted, retired, deployed, veteran
- nonviolencenonviolence, pacifism, harmlessness, nonviolent, peaceful
- preparedness levelsready, unready, prepared, unprepared, alert
unarmedarmed
Carrying weapons
strapped · gun-toting · carrying · packing · packing heat
unarmedarmed
Carrying weapons
militarized · militarised · armed to the teeth · equipped · combat-ready
- unarmed combatFighting without weapons
- unarmed guardsWatchmen without weapons