unstitch
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unstitch (third-person singular simple present unstitches, present participle unstitching, simple past and past participle unstitched)
- (transitive) To take out stitches from.
- Synonym: unpick
- (transitive, figurative) To unravel or disunite; to cause to come apart.
- 2007 November 18, Trymaine Lee, “A Symbol of Activism Is at Center of Court Dispute”, in New York Times[1]:
- When racially charged killings in the 1980s unstitched already flimsy race relations in the city, the Slave Theater grew to be more than just a movie house, it became a symbol and center of black activism.
Translations edit
remove stitches from