unmake


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un·make

(ŭn-māk′)
tr.v. un·made (-mād′), un·mak·ing, un·makes
1. To deprive of position, rank, or authority; depose.
2. To cause the ruin of; destroy.
3. To alter the nature or characteristics of.
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unmake

(ʌnˈmeɪk)
vb (tr) , -makes, -making or -made
1. to undo or destroy
2. to depose from office, rank, or authority
3. to alter the nature of
unˈmaker n
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un•make

(ʌnˈmeɪk)

v.t. -made, -mak•ing.
1. to cause to be as if never made; reduce to the original elements or condition; undo; destroy.
2. to depose from office or authority; demote in rank.
3. to change the character of.
4. to alter the opinion of (one's mind).
[1350–1400]
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unmake


Past participle: unmade
Gerund: unmaking

Imperative
unmake
unmake
Present
I unmake
you unmake
he/she/it unmakes
we unmake
you unmake
they unmake
Preterite
I unmade
you unmade
he/she/it unmade
we unmade
you unmade
they unmade
Present Continuous
I am unmaking
you are unmaking
he/she/it is unmaking
we are unmaking
you are unmaking
they are unmaking
Present Perfect
I have unmade
you have unmade
he/she/it has unmade
we have unmade
you have unmade
they have unmade
Past Continuous
I was unmaking
you were unmaking
he/she/it was unmaking
we were unmaking
you were unmaking
they were unmaking
Past Perfect
I had unmade
you had unmade
he/she/it had unmade
we had unmade
you had unmade
they had unmade
Future
I will unmake
you will unmake
he/she/it will unmake
we will unmake
you will unmake
they will unmake
Future Perfect
I will have unmade
you will have unmade
he/she/it will have unmade
we will have unmade
you will have unmade
they will have unmade
Future Continuous
I will be unmaking
you will be unmaking
he/she/it will be unmaking
we will be unmaking
you will be unmaking
they will be unmaking
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been unmaking
you have been unmaking
he/she/it has been unmaking
we have been unmaking
you have been unmaking
they have been unmaking
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been unmaking
you will have been unmaking
he/she/it will have been unmaking
we will have been unmaking
you will have been unmaking
they will have been unmaking
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been unmaking
you had been unmaking
he/she/it had been unmaking
we had been unmaking
you had been unmaking
they had been unmaking
Conditional
I would unmake
you would unmake
he/she/it would unmake
we would unmake
you would unmake
they would unmake
Past Conditional
I would have unmade
you would have unmade
he/she/it would have unmade
we would have unmade
you would have unmade
they would have unmade
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb 1. [画像:unmake - deprive of certain characteristics]unmake - deprive of certain characteristics
destroy, destruct - do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house"
do, make - create or design, often in a certain way; "Do my room in blue"; "I did this piece in wood to express my love for the forest"
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Translations

unmake

[ˈʌnˈmeɪk] (unmade (pt, pp)) VT → deshacer
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Further, the prince is compelled to live always with the same people, but he can do well without the same nobles, being able to make and unmake them daily, and to give or wake away authority when it pleases him.
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or wilt thou thy self Abolish thy Creation, and unmake, For him, what for thy glorie thou hast made?
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"Yes; I was made a landlord and capitalist by the folly of the people; but they can unmake me if they will.
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The properties of ink are peculiar and contradictory: it may be used to make reputations and unmake them; to blacken them and to make them white; but it is most generally and acceptably employed as a mortar to bind together the stones of an edifice of fame, and as a whitewash to conceal afterward the rascal quality of the material.
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** A decade before this speech of Everhard's, the New York Board of Trade issued a report from which the following is quoted: "The railroads control absolutely the legislatures of a majority of the states of the Union; they make and unmake United States Senators, congressmen, and governors, and are practically dictators of the governmental policy of the United States."
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(6) It is in this light that I want to discuss Metres' decision to appropriate the transcripts of the testimonies, which "make" the victims' voices in certain way, and unmake them.
Enabling Impossibility: Making, Unmaking, and Remaking the Voices of Abu Ghraib Survivors in Philip Metres' Abu Ghraib Arias