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unmaking

verb , present participle of unmake

Synonyms and Antonyms of unmaking

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

Synonyms of unmaking

defrocking, deposing, depriving, dethroning, displacing, ousting, uncrowning, unseating, unthroning

Words Related to unmaking

canning, cashiering, discharging, dismissing, firing, mustering out, removing, retiring, sacking

overthrowing, subverting, supplanting, toppling, usurping

banishing, booting (out), bouncing, casting out, chasing, drumming (out), ejecting, expelling, extruding, routing, running off, throwing out

Near Antonyms of unmaking

baptizing (also baptising), inaugurating, inducting, initiating, installing, instating, investing

appointing, designating, electing

Antonyms of unmaking

crowning, enthroning, throning

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