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to remove from a position of prominence or power (as a throne)
a movie studio chief who likes to boast that he can unmake any star in Hollywood if he wishes
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Recent Examples of unmaking
Kim Willis,
USA Today,
20 Feb. 2026
The unmaking of the West has not been Trump’s doing alone.
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Stewart Patrick,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Sep. 2025
Literary Hub,
17 June 2026
By the time Ben is unmaking the bed, lying in it, and cussing João out, the fight is bad.
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Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
26 May 2026
Noun
The film doesn’t entirely shy away from Presley’s unmaking.
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Kim Willis,
USA Today,
20 Feb. 2026
The unmaking of the West has not been Trump’s doing alone.
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Stewart Patrick,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Sep. 2025
Verb
An ellipsis making and unmaking itself.
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Literary Hub,
17 June 2026
By the time Ben is unmaking the bed, lying in it, and cussing João out, the fight is bad.
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Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
26 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unmaking
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The congresswoman also pointed to the dissent of Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, who suggested that race played a role in the administration's decision-making process regarding the removal of Haitians.
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If someone does not have a final order of removal, then there's a removal proceedings process and that starts with them being issued a notice to appear before an immigration judge.
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Conspicuously absent in the edit is the follow-up question from the attorney deposing Cavanaugh, who asked whether DOGE actually managed to reduce the deficit.
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While the opposition Conservative Party has a history of deposing prime ministers while in office, Labour does not, said Jonathan Tonge, a professor of politics at the University of Liverpool.
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Haitian soldiers seasoned on American battlefields during the revolution later sparked Haiti’s overthrow of French colonial rule, depriving France of its most profitable slave colony and ending one of the most brutal enslavement of human beings in modern world history.
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Then in 1973, Nixon and Henry Kissinger, his secretary of state, plotted the overthrow of yet another democracy in Chile, propping up the brutal dictator Augusto Pinochet.
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The result was so emphatic that the Tunisian soccer federation acted fast, sacking manager Sabri Lamouchi just hours after.
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Villa’s then sporting director Monchi reportedly attempting a straight swap of him for goalkeeper Emi Martinez last summer is a sacking offence (perhaps literally).
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Dugan resigned from her position as a Milwaukee County circuit judge two weeks after her conviction amid threats of impeachment from Republican state lawmakers.
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Dugan resigned from her position as a Milwaukee County circuit judge two weeks after her conviction amid threats of impeachment from Republican state lawmakers.
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On Wednesday evening, Venezuela was hit with its largest tremors in more than a century — toppling buildings and claiming more than 100 lives.
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In both cases, tornadoes about 200 yards wide traveled roughly 2 miles, toppling trees, tossing lawn furniture and knocking down power lines.
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The flight or expulsion of 850,000 Jews from countries across the Middle East is a story that still too often rests in silence, but even when it is told, the ideology that caused it is seldom named.
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The Radical Reform Movement has called for the expulsion of foreign investors.
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Despite her dismissal, Keyser appeared in the first 20 minutes of Thursday’s episode, sharing a chat and a kiss with partner Zach Georgiou, and later slept in the bed with him.
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Following Mendoza's dismissal, fan anger seems to be directed at Stearns, the man in charge of building the roster.
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“Unmaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unmaking. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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