unroof
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of unroof
Example Sentences
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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
It was only when something happened aloft that it was worth while to unroof themselves: and at such moments all attention was concentrated on the sky.
From Lord John in New York by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)
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
"First he breaks to pieces the bottom of my house, and then he threatens to unroof it."
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 by Various
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
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