unfriend

[ uhn-frend ]

/ ʌnˈfrɛnd /

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

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Question 1 of 8

Mississippi’s nickname comes from the magnificent trees that grow there. What is it?

Sometimes de·friend

[dee-frend] /diˈfrɛnd/ ,

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

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
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

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