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Undo

To reverse, as what has been done; to annul; to bring to naught.

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Broader term 8

Alter 76% connected

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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Expose 76% connected

To set forth; to set out to public view; to exhibit; to show; to display; as, to expose goods for sale; to expose pictures to public inspection.

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Modify 76% connected

To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

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Reverse 76% connected

Turned backward; having a contrary or opposite direction; hence; opposite or contrary in kind; as, the reverse order or method.

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Ruin 76% connected

The act of falling or tumbling down; fall.

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Turn 76% connected

To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

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Uncover 76% connected

To take the cover from; to divest of covering; as, to uncover a box, bed, house, or the like; to uncover one's body.

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Manner of action 22

Destroy 76% connected

To unbuild; to pull or tear down; to separate virulently into its constituent parts; to break up the structure and organic existence of; to demolish.

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Destruct 76% connected

To destroy.

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Disconnect 76% connected

To dissolve the union or connection of; to disunite; to sever; to separate; to disperse.

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Disentangle 76% connected

To free from entanglement; to release from a condition of being intricately and confusedly involved or interlaced; to reduce to orderly arrangement;…

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Open 76% connected

Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing passage; not locked up or covered over;…

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Spread 76% connected

of Spread

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Unbelt 76% connected

To remove or loose the belt of; to ungird.

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Unbrace 76% connected

To free from tension; to relax; to loose; as, to unbrace a drum; to unbrace the nerves.

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Unbraid 76% connected

To separate the strands of; to undo, as a braid; to unravel; to disentangle.

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Unbuckle 76% connected

To loose the buckles of; to unfasten; as, to unbuckle a shoe.

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Unbutton 76% connected

To loose the buttons of; to unfasten.

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Unfasten 76% connected

To loose; to unfix; to unbind; to untie.

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Unfold 76% connected

To open the folds of; to expand; to spread out; as, to unfold a tablecloth.

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Unhitch 76% connected

To free from being hitched, or as if from being hitched; to unfasten; to loose; as, to unhitch a horse, or a trace.

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Unknot 76% connected

To free from knots; to untie.

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Unlace 76% connected

To loose by undoing a lacing; as, to unlace a shoe.

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Unpick 76% connected

To pick out; to undo by picking.

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Unpin 76% connected

To loose from pins; to remove the pins from; to unfasten; as, to unpin a frock; to unpin a frame.

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Unravel 76% connected

To disentangle; to disengage or separate the threads of; as, to unravel a stocking.

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Untangle 76% connected

To loose from tangles or intricacy; to disentangle; to resolve; as, to untangle thread.

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Untie 76% connected

To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of; as, to untie a knot.

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Unwind 76% connected

To wind off; to loose or separate, as what or convolved; to untwist; to untwine; as, to unwind thread; to unwind a ball of yarn.

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Derivationally related 6

Opener 74% connected

One who, or that which, opens.

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Opener 74% connected

One who, or that which, opens.

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Undoer 74% connected

One who undoes anything; especially, one who ruins another.

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Undoer 74% connected

One who undoes anything; especially, one who ruins another.

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Undoing 74% connected

The reversal of what has been done.

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Undoing 74% connected

The reversal of what has been done.

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Synonym 4

Loosen 92% connected

To make loose; to free from tightness, tension, firmness, or fixedness; to make less dense or compact; as, to loosen a string, or a knot; to loosen a…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Unmake 92% connected

To destroy the form and qualities of; to deprive of being; to uncreate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Untie 92% connected

To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of; as, to untie a knot.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Unwrap 92% connected

To open or undo, as what is wrapped or folded.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Antonym 4

Make 94% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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Make 94% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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Wrap 94% connected

To snatch up; transport; -- chiefly used in the p. p. wrapt.

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Wrap 94% connected

To snatch up; transport; -- chiefly used in the p. p. wrapt.

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