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unbuild

[ uhn-bild ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

, un·built, un·build·ing.

Origin of unbuild¹

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

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

And it would be a mighty smart firm that could unbuild this place inside a fortnight.

Sometimes a generation built wrongly, and the next generation had to unbuild, and the next generation had to build again.

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.

One requires no assistance to enable one to unbuild, deface, destroy.

April 25, 2024firkin

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