unroof
[ uhn-roof, -roof ]
verb (used with object)
to take off the roof or covering of.
Origin of unroof
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How to use unroof in a sentence
Oh for the Diable Boiteux to unroof me those distant houses, and show me the pleasures that lurk within!
Lucretia, Complete | Edward Bulwer-LyttonIf honor now were substance, my poor walls Would groaningly unroof and beg the sky For room to embrace it!
The Mortal Gods and Other Plays | Olive Tilford DarganThen an archbishop got an Act of Parliament authorizing him to unroof it and providing a regiment of soldiers to execute the work.
Munster | Stephen Lucius GwynnOn the accession of George I., an order came down to unroof the buildings, and strip them of their lead.
Homes and Haunts of the Most Eminent British Poets, Vol. I (of 2) | William HowittFirst he breaks to pieces the bottom of my house, and then he threatens to unroof it.
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