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verb un·make \ ˌən-ˈmāk \

Definition of unmake

unmade play \ˌən-ˈmād\; unmaking

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

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Examples of unmake in a Sentence

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

Recent Examples of unmake from the Web

In aligning herself so firmly with Trilling’s perspective, Robins repeats her subject’s mistakes, neglecting to address the psyche’s calculated oversights and necessary errors, the desperate little contradictions that made and unmade her.

— tobi haslett, The New Yorker, "The Feuds of Diana Trilling," 29 May 2017
That which makes us also unmakes us, and the process of living seems inextricably bound to the process of dying.

— tad friend, The New Yorker, "Silicon Valley’s Quest to Live Forever," 24 Mar. 2017

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First Known Use of unmake

15th century

unmake Synonyms

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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