01 a. Not armed or armored; having no arms or weapons.
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Not armed or armored; having no arms or weapons.
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Having no hard and sharp projections, as spines, prickles, spurs, claws, etc.(Nat. Hist.)
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Not in a state in which it may be detonated; unable to be detonated; -- used of nuclear and certain other explosive devices, which, as a safety precaution, are stored and transported in a state in which normal triggering mechanisms will not function to cause the device to detonate. The weapon must first be armed by a separate action, and only subsequent to such arming will the weapon be able to detonate.