unblade

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verb

To disarm (someone) of a blade.

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Meanings

verbunblade (third-person singular simple present unblades, present participle unblading, simple past and past participle unbladed)

present singular third person unblades · participle present unblading · participle past unbladed · past unbladed

  1. raretransitiveTo disarm (someone) of a blade.

    It was not long, despite my thin stature and feminine shape, I could easily unblade most of the men on board.

    2008, Debora Leigh Crystal, The Black Dragon, page 97
  2. obsoleteraretransitiveTo make no longer bladish; to stop (a person) behaving like a dashing young man.

    And I shall take it as a favour too, / If for the same price you made him valiant, / You will unblade him: […]

    "The Gamesters" (play) in 1791, John Bell, British Theatre (volume 7, page 90)

Origin

un- + blade

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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

unblade. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unblade

MLA

“unblade.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unblade. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unblade,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unblade.

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