unmake

  • 1Unmake — Un*make , v. t. [1st pref. un + make.] To destroy the form and qualities of; to deprive of being; to uncreate. [1913 Webster] God does not make or unmake things to try experiments. T. Burnet. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2unmake — index annul, destroy (void), disorganize, extirpate, obliterate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 3unmake — [unmāk′] vt. unmade, unmaking 1. to cause to be as before being made; cause to revert to the original form, elements, or condition 2. to ruin; destroy 3. to depose from a position or rank …

    English World dictionary

  • 4unmake — transitive verb (unmade; making) Date: 15th century 1. to cause to disappear ; destroy 2. to deprive of rank or office ; depose 3. to deprive of essential characteristics ; change the nature of …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 5unmake — /un mayk /, v.t., unmade, unmaking. 1. to cause to be as if never made; reduce to the original elements or condition; undo; destroy. 2. to depose from office or authority; demote in rank. 3. to change the essential point of (a book, play, etc.).… …

    Universalium

  • 6unmake — verb To destroy; to cause (a made article) to lose its nature. Syn: uncreate …

    Wiktionary

  • 7unmake — Synonyms and related words: atomize, break to pieces, cleave, decimate, demolish, dethrone, disassemble, discrown, disenthrone, disintegrate, dismantle, displace, fragment, make mincemeat of, pick to pieces, pull in pieces, pull to pieces,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 8unmake — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. ruin, depose, exterminate; see destroy 1 …

    English dictionary for students

  • 9unmake — un make || ‚ʌnmeɪk v. reduce to original form, undo, destroy, depose from rank or office …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 10unmake — verb (unmakes, unmaking, past and past participle unmade) reverse or undo the making of; annul or destroy …

    English new terms dictionary