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[ uhn-bild ]

/ ʌnˈbɪld /

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verb (used with object), un·built, un·build·ing.

to demolish (something built); raze.

Origin of unbuild

First recorded in 1600–10; un-² + build

Words nearby unbuild

unbridled, unbroke, unbroken, unbuckle, unbudgeable, unbuild, unbundle, unbundled, unbundling, unburden, unbutton

Example sentences from the Web for unbuild

Like a child from the womb, like a ghost from the tomb,Will arise and unbuild it again.

Some Christian Convictions |Henry Sloane Coffin
And it would be a mighty smart firm that could unbuild this place inside a fortnight.

Hugo |Arnold Bennett
One requires no assistance to enable one to unbuild, deface, destroy.

Nancy |Rhoda Broughton
Sometimes a generation built wrongly, and the next generation had to unbuild, and the next generation had to build again.

Liberalism and the Social Problem |Winston Spencer Churchill

You may think you know a house by living in it, but you do not; you need to unbuild it to get more than a passing acquaintance.

Old Plymouth Trails |Winthrop Packard