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to unwire

to unwire

1 8.1
Take out the thin metal parts that carry electricity from something
  • verb
  • /ʌnˈwaɪər/
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  • After the renovation, we decided to unwire the outdated electrical system in the building.

If we don't recognize that our brain wires around that which we repeat, we won't understand how to unwire before we can rewire.

Examples

  • The doctor says he'll be fine... ...once they take the stitches out of his tongue and unwire his jaw.

  • This is this is decades of UN unwiring our brain, right?

  • This is this is decades of UN unwiring our brain, right?

  • And he'd left the jet unwired when, two years later, everything else got tapped.

    Academic text (2012)
  • If we don't recognize that our brain wires around that which we repeat, we won't understand how to unwire before we can rewire.

  • If we don't recognize that our brain wires around that which we repeat, we won't understand how to unwire before we can rewire.

  • A new Eurostyle plug terminal block with spring clamp can be quickly wired and may be unplugged without unwiring for the replacement of faulty or damaged electronics.

    Academic text (2001)
  • The technician had to unwire the old alarm system before installing the new one.

  • Make sure to unwire the circuit before attempting any repairs on the appliance.

Antonyms

to wire
  • Specialized
78 3.7

To install electrical cables in a building or device

Surface Forms

unwire infinitive
unwired past
unwired past participle
unwiring present participle
unwires third person singular

Morphology

unwire = wire (transparent) = un + wire

Formed by productive prefix 'un-' (reversal/removal) attached to the verb 'wire', giving the clear meaning 'remove wires'.

Etymology

The word unwire has two parts: the first part un-, which means 'take away' or 'do the opposite', and wire, meaning an electric line. So, like unplug, to unwire something is to take its wires away and remove its wiring.