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单词 unroof
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unroof

[ uhn-roof, -roof ]
/ ʌnˈruf, -ˈrʊf /

verb (used with object)

to take off the roof or covering of.

Origin of unroof

First recorded in 1590–1600; un-2 + roof

Words nearby unroof

unrivaled, unrivalled, unrobe, unroll, unromantic, unroof, unroot, unround, unrounded, unrove, unroven
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Example sentences from the Web for unroof

  • First he breaks to pieces the bottom of my house, and then he threatens to unroof it.

    Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845|Various
  • Oh for the Diable Boiteux to unroof me those distant houses, and show me the pleasures that lurk within!

    Lucretia, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • On the accession of George I., an order came down to unroof the buildings, and strip them of their lead.

    Homes and Haunts of the Most Eminent British Poets, Vol. I (of 2)|William Howitt
  • Then an archbishop got an Act of Parliament authorizing him to unroof it and providing a regiment of soldiers to execute the work.

    Munster|Stephen Lucius Gwynn
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