untopv.
transitive. To deprive of a top. Also figurative.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > eradicate or extirpate
fornimOE
to put awaya1382
outroot?a1425
unroot?a1425
out-razec1425
to pluck up1484
avell1530
sweep1560
depopulate1576
ruina1586
assoil1596
to lay aside1596
untop1598
displant1603
float1606
to take off1619
amolish1624
uproota1639
eradicate1647
to lay by1681
to polish off1827
uprend1911
to zero out1951
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > damage or injure [verb (transitive)] > damage deliberately or vandalize > gut or remove things from a building, etc.
unripa1513
tirr1553
discover1563
unfloor1589
unpinion1593
unbottom1598
unbrick1598
unpave1598
unroof1598
unslate1598
untop1598
flay1636
unplank1646
gut1688
unmantle1828
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Disculminare, to vntop, to vnroofe, or vntile a house.
1616 J. Taylor Bk. Martyrs (1617) sig. Ev So our Eliza stoutly did begin, Vntopping and beheadding Romish sin.
1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Untop, to take off the top, to deprive of a top.]
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