unmake

un·make

verb \-ˈmāk\

un·made\-ˈmād\un·mak·ing

Definition of UNMAKE

transitive verb

1

: to cause to disappear : destroy

2

: to deprive of rank or office : depose

3

: to deprive of essential characteristics : change the nature of

Examples of UNMAKE

1. <a movie studio chief who likes to boast that he can unmake any star in Hollywood if he wishes>

First Known Use of UNMAKE

15th century

Related to UNMAKE

Synonyms: defrock, deprive, dethrone, displace, oust, uncrown, depose, unseat, unthrone

Antonyms: crown, enthrone, throne

Related Words: can, cashier, discharge, dismiss, fire, muster out, remove, retire, sack; overthrow, subvert, supplant, topple, usurp; banish, boot (out), bounce, cast out, chase, drum (out), eject, expel, extrude, rout, run off, throw out

Near Antonyms: baptize, inaugurate, induct, initiate, install, instate, invest; appoint, designate, elect

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Rhymes with UNMAKE

air brake, awake, backache, beefcake, beefsteak, betake, blacksnake, bull snake, canebrake, caretake, cheesecake, cheesesteak, clambake, club steak, corncrake, cube steak, cupcake, daybreak, disc brake, drum brake, earache, earthquake, fair shake, fast break, firebreak, firedrake, fish cake, flank steak, forsake, friedcake, fruitcake, green snake, grubstake, hand brake, handshake, headache, heartache, heartbreak, hoecake, hotcake, housebreak, intake, jailbreak, keepsake, king snake, lapstrake, mandrake, milk snake, mistake, moonquake, muckrake, namesake, newsbreak, oatcake, oil cake, opaque, outbreak, outtake, Pan-Cake, pancake, partake, pound cake, pump fake, rat snake, remake, retake, rewake, rock brake, seaquake, sea snake, seedcake, sheldrake, shortcake, snowflake, sponge cake, Swiss steak, tea cake, toothache, uptake, wheat cake, windbreak, wind shake, youthquake