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Webster 1913 Edition


Unbuild

Un-build

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Verb.
T.
[1st pref.
un-
+
build
.]
To demolish; to raze.
“To unbuild the city.”
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition


Unbuild

UNBUILD

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Definition 2024


unbuild

unbuild

English

Verb

unbuild (third-person singular simple present unbuilds, present participle unbuilding, simple past and past participle unbuilt)

  1. (transitive) To dismantle or deconstruct (something previously built).
    • 2007 July 2, Richard Eder, “When People, Culture and Even Time Are Suspect”, in New York Times:
      His building and unbuilding, both, are a slog.