unbuilding
- noun
- /ʌnˈbɪldɪŋ/
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- The unbuilding of the old stadium began last summer to make way for new development.
Examples
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The city's unbuilding effort aimed to remove unsafe structures for safety and urban renewal.
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After years of neglect, the unbuilding of the abandoned factory was finally underway.
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The Unbuilding of the World Trade Center by William Langewiesche is also on point to what NYC will be going through.
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Synonyms
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4.2
The act of destroying a building or other structure on purpose
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4.4
The act of tearing down a building to destroy it
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4.4
The act of taking a machine or system apart
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4.2
An act of completely taking down a building so it no longer exists
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The act of taking a machine or building apart into separate parts
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5.2
To take something apart, often a machine, so you can fix or check it
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The act of completely destroying a building
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The act of destroying a building so it lies flat on the ground
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Taking down a building so a new one can be built
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4.4
A complete tearing down of a building or other structure
The act of tearing down a building
Antonyms
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Morphology
unbuilding = unbuild (transparent) = un + build + ing
The noun refers to the literal act of undoing a building; the derivation from 'unbuild' + '-ing' is regular and clear.
Etymology
Unbuilding combines un- 'reverse' and building 'something made by building', so it literally means 'undoing a building'. That's why unbuilding is used for carefully taking a house, factory, or other structure apart so parts can be reused.