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[ uhn-roof, -roof ] / ʌnˈruf, -ˈrʊf /
verb (used with object)to take off the roof or covering of. Origin of unroofFirst recorded in 1590–1600; un-2 + roof Words nearby unroofunrivaled, unrivalled, unrobe, unroll, unromantic, unroof, unroot, unround, unrounded, unrove, unroven Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for unroofFirst 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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