unbuild
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un·build

verb \ˌən-ˈbild\
un·built\-ˈbilt\un·build·ing

Definition of UNBUILD

transitive verb
: to pull down : demolish, raze
intransitive verb
: to destroy something

Examples of UNBUILD

  1. <beavers were busily building dams, and local landowners were just as diligently unbuilding them>

First Known Use of UNBUILD

circa 1608

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