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un·load

 (ŭn-lōd′)
v. un·load·ed, un·load·ing, un·loads
v.tr.
1.
a. To remove the load or cargo from.
b. To discharge (cargo or a load).
2.
a. To relieve of something burdensome or oppressive; unburden: a confidant to whom he could unload his heart.
b. To give expression to (one's troubles or feelings); pour forth.
3. To remove the charge from (a firearm).
4. To dispose of, especially by selling in great quantity; dump.
v.intr.
To discharge a cargo or some other burden.

un·load′er n.
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unloaded

(ʌnˈləʊdɪd)
adj
1. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) (of a gun) that does not have a bullet in it
2. that has not been unloaded
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.unloaded - (of weapons) not charged with ammunitionunloaded - (of weapons) not charged with ammunition; "many people are killed by guns thought to be unloaded"
loaded - (of weapons) charged with ammunition; "a loaded gun"
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Translations

unloaded

[ˈʌnˈləʊdɪd] ADJ [gun] → descargado; [truck, ship] → descargado, sin carga
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"Well, never mind, some of the things can be unloaded," he added in a soft, confidential voice, as though afraid of being overheard.
As soon as the last thoat was unloaded Tars Tarkas gave the command to advance, and in three parties we crept upon the Zodangan camp from the north, the south and the east.
At the last return of Joan to the vehicle, an hour later, when her search for accommodation had still been fruitless, the driver of the waggon said the goods must be unloaded, as the horses were half-dead, and he was bound to return part of the way at least that night.
Luckily, however, for the poor wretch, he had fallen into more merciful hands; for Jones having examined the pistol, and found it to be really unloaded, began to believe all the man had told him, before Partridge came up: namely, that he was a novice in the trade, and that he had been driven to it by the distress he mentioned, the greatest indeed imaginable, that of five hungry children, and a wife lying in of the sixth, in the utmost want and misery.
Well, these boards you hear unloaded are the posts and planks to build my scaffold.
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