unroof

[ uhn-roof, -roof ]

verb (used with object)

1. to take off the roof or covering of.

Word History and Origins

Origin of unroof¹

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

Example Sentences

Oh for the Diable Boiteux to unroof me those distant houses, and show me the pleasures that lurk within!

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If honor now were substance, my poor walls Would groaningly unroof and beg the sky For room to embrace it!

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Then an archbishop got an Act of Parliament authorizing him to unroof it and providing a regiment of soldiers to execute the work.

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On the accession of George I., an order came down to unroof the buildings, and strip them of their lead.

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First he breaks to pieces the bottom of my house, and then he threatens to unroof it.

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