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单词 unbuild
释义

unbuild

verb

un·​build ˌən-ˈbild How to pronounce unbuild (audio)
unbuilt ˌən-ˈbilt How to pronounce unbuild (audio) ; unbuilding

transitive verb

: to pull down : demolish, raze

intransitive verb

: to destroy something

Synonyms

  • demolish
  • level
  • pull down
  • raze
  • tear down
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Example Sentences

beavers were busily building dams, and local landowners were just as diligently unbuilding them
Recent Examples on the Web The price/value ratio can build a brand and unbuild it too. Zenger News, Forbes, 17 May 2022

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1608, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

unbuild

verb

as in to demolish
to destroy (as a building) completely by knocking down or breaking to pieces beavers were busily building dams, and local landowners were just as diligently unbuilding them

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • demolish
  • raze
  • pull down
  • tear down
  • destroy
  • level
  • dynamite
  • obliterate
  • wreck
  • ruin
  • wipe out
  • eradicate
  • ravage
  • overturn
  • finish
  • abolish
  • flatten
  • annihilate
  • blow up
  • unmake
  • waste
  • devour
  • dissolve
  • smash
  • scourge
  • extirpate
  • decimate
  • devastate
  • pulverize
  • total
  • crack up
  • crush
  • dash
  • do in

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • build
  • construct
  • erect
  • rebuild
  • raise
  • restore
  • renew
  • create
  • make
  • renovate
  • form
  • manufacture
  • put up
  • shape
  • forge
  • fabricate
  • fashion
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