as in to depose
to remove from a position of prominence or power (as a throne)
a movie studio chief who likes to boast that he can unmake any star in Hollywood if he wishes
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Recent Examples of unmake
That's because the foundational environmental laws of the country prescribe a process for making and unmaking rules.
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Neela Banerjee, NPR, 13 Mar. 2025
Right at its center is a two-scene knockout about the making (and unmaking) of reputations that only an actor of Hackman’s deftness could pull off.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2025
The picture that emerged was more multifaceted than the one Thompson had painted, with complicated intersections of race, gender, and geography continually unmaking and remaking group identities.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 2 Feb. 2025
Plans have been made, stalled and unmade ever since.
—Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2025
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Neela Banerjee, NPR, 13 Mar. 2025
Right at its center is a two-scene knockout about the making (and unmaking) of reputations that only an actor of Hackman’s deftness could pull off.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2025
The picture that emerged was more multifaceted than the one Thompson had painted, with complicated intersections of race, gender, and geography continually unmaking and remaking group identities.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 2 Feb. 2025
Plans have been made, stalled and unmade ever since.
—Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unmake
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Maxwell didn't testify in her criminal trial, but she was deposed in 2016 in a civil case brought by Epstein-victim Virginia Giuffre, who has since died by suicide.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
25 July 2025
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Cosby agreed and was deposed by Constand’s lawyers over four days in 2005 and 2006 (resulting in more than 1,000 pages of testimony).—
Lynsey Eidell,
People.com,
23 July 2025
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Planting them in groups or among other plants helps keep them upright, but tall varieties often topple over onto their neighbors as the season progresses.—
Rita Pelczar,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 July 2025
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The Islamic Republic grew even weaker in December, when rebels toppled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, another faithful Iranian ally.—
MOHAMMAD AYATOLLAHI TABAAR,
Foreign Affairs,
8 July 2025
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This is the first time a studio has put tickets for sale this early in advance, but considering Nolan has a loyal army of fans large enough to sack a city, there certainly won’t be any shortage of uptake.—
Benny Har-Even,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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Red Bull driver Max Verstappen backed former boss Christian Horner before he got sacked by the higher-ups at the racing team.—
Nelson Espinal,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 July 2025
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The felony charges were dismissed with prejudice, meaning they can't be refiled.—
Quinlan Bentley,
The Courier-Journal,
25 July 2025
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While rumors suggested that the two met off the coast in their yachts, Wolff has dismissed the report.—
Saajan Jogia,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 July 2025
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The indictment alleged Hankison deprived Taylor of the right to be free from unreasonable seizures and deprived her neighbors of the right to be free from the deprivation of liberty without due process of law.—
Tesfaye Negussie,
ABC News,
17 July 2025
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The lawsuit accuses Colorado of depriving Nebraska of as much as 1.3 million acre-feet (about 160,350 hectare-meters) of water from the river over several years that Nebraska is entitled to under a 1923 compact between the states.—
Margery A. Beck,
Denver Post,
16 July 2025
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“Unmake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unmake. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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