unroof
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of unroof
Example Sentences
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"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
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 Thomas De Quincey
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
But the poet need only unroof his own heart.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 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 William Patten
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