unroof
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of unroof
Example Sentences
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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 Richard Savage
Shann scrambled ashore, the wolverines after him, sniffling along at his heels while he overturned likely looking rocks to unroof some odd underwater dwellings.
From Storm Over Warlock by Andre Norton
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 Bill Nye
"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
To unroof the house, a method practised by landlords in Wales to eject a bad tenant.
From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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