unroof

American  

[uhn-roof, -roof] / ʌnˈruf, -ˈrʊf /

verb (used with object)

1. to take off the roof or covering of.

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Etymology

Origin of unroof

First recorded in 1590–1600; un- ² + roof

Example Sentences

A strong cyclone that would unroof a court-house or tip over a through train would also upset you, in spite of your broad, firm feet if the wind got behind one of your ears.

From Nye and Riley's Wit and Humor (Poems and Yarns) by Nye, Bill

If we, as haply God or Devil can, could unroof the houses of men's souls, if their visible works were of their hearts rather than their brains, we should know strange things.

From Short Story Classics (American) Vol. 2 by Patten, William

With much pretentious wagging of shapely heads, and much mysterious innuendo, they spoke lightly of the departed one, and failed not to mentally unroof the Silver Bungalow.

From A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story by Savage, Richard

Orders had been already issued to extinguish all domestic fires throughout the town, and to unroof all the thatched houses; so great was the jealousy of internal treason.

From Autobiographical Sketches by De Quincey, Thomas

But the poet need only unroof his own heart.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845 by Various