What does unroof mean?
Unroof means To remove a roof from, e.g. a building..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
To remove a roof from, e.g. a building..
The rabble should have first unroof'd the city, / Ere so prevail'd with me:
Here Stuarts once in glory reigned, / And laws for Scotland's weal ordained; / But now unroof'd their palace stands, / Their sceptre's sway'd by other hands;
[…] Rain-logged, wind-unroofed, / The manor farm hulked its last use / As landmark. […]
When the workers rejected these terms, some planters threatened to evict them, and others unroofed cottages and turned estate cattle through the workers’ provision grounds.
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Unroof means To remove a roof from, e.g. a building..
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The rabble should have first unroof'd the city, / Ere so prevail'd with me:
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