unbuild

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verb (used with object),un·built, un·build·ing.
  1. to demolish (something built); raze.

Origin of unbuild

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First recorded in 1600–10; un-2 + build

Words Nearby unbuild

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How to use unbuild in a sentence

  • Like a child from the womb, like a ghost from the tomb,Will arise and unbuild it again.

    Some Christian Convictions | Henry Sloane Coffin
  • And it would be a mighty smart firm that could unbuild this place inside a fortnight.

    Hugo | Arnold Bennett
  • Sometimes a generation built wrongly, and the next generation had to unbuild, and the next generation had to build again.

    Liberalism and the Social Problem | Winston Spencer Churchill
  • You may think you know a house by living in it, but you do not; you need to unbuild it to get more than a passing acquaintance.

    Old Plymouth Trails | Winthrop Packard
  • One requires no assistance to enable one to unbuild, deface, destroy.

    Nancy | Rhoda Broughton