unhelmet

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verb

To remove the helmet from.

Scrabble 13
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Meanings

verbunhelmet (third-person singular simple present unhelmets, present participle unhelmeting, simple past and past participle unhelmeted)

present singular third person unhelmets · participle present unhelmeting · participle past unhelmeted · past unhelmeted

  1. transitiveTo remove the helmet from.

    In spite of all that Durward could say of the slightness of his hurt, he was compelled to dismount, and to seat himself on a bank, and unhelmet himself

    1823, [Walter Scott], Quentin Durward. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC
  2. intransitiveTo take off a helmet

    Due to security protocols—ones I had devised—I had to unhelmet at the front gate and a guard with a slavering dog met me in the circular drive.

    2005, Faith Hunter, Dark Heir

Origin

From un- + helmet.

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APA

unhelmet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unhelmet

MLA

“unhelmet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unhelmet. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unhelmet,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unhelmet.

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