unfriend

[ uhn-frend ]

/ ʌnˈfrɛnd /

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verb (used with object)

to remove (a person) from one's list of friends, or contacts, on a social media website.

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Sometimes de·friend

[dee-frend] /diˈfrɛnd/ ,

Origin of unfriend

2005–10; un-² + friend (in the sense “to add to one's list of contacts”)

Unfrien′dedness, the state of being unfriended; Unfrien′dliness, unkindness; Unfriend′ship, unfriendliness.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various
But I have told thee all these things to show that the King is not without some reason to be thy father's unfriend.
Men of Iron|Howard Pyle
The Queen said that she could not be content that either he or any else should be unfriend to Moray.
The Mystery of Mary Stuart|Andrew Lang
Item, Gif it beis askit, in caise the Castell be unfriend, whair the armye shalbe placed?
The Works of John Knox, Volume 2 (of 6)|John Knox

You are dealing with an emissary from a foreign power who is an unfriend of my country.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931|Various