BARE-KNUCKLED Antonyms

• overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form

• provided or fitted out with what is necessary or useful or appropriate

• provided with whatever is necessary for a purpose (as furniture or equipment or authority)

• prepared with proper equipment

• carrying weapons

• secured with bastions or fortifications

• having something added to increase the strength

• having the hands covered with gloves

• made ready or fit or suitable beforehand

• having made preparations

• equipped or prepared with necessary intellectual resources

• kept safe or defended from danger or injury or loss

• guarded from injury or destruction

• (used especially of machinery) protected by a shield to prevent injury

• argue or speak in defense of

• be on the defensive; act against an attack

• protect against a challenge or attack

• fight against or resist strongly

• protect or fight for as a champion

• be the defense counsel for someone in a trial

• state or assert

• a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.

• a document or escort providing safe passage through a region especially in time of war

• make safe

• escort safely