unstitch

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ stitch.

Verb

unstitch (third-person singular simple present unstitches, present participle unstitching, simple past and past participle unstitched)

1. (transitive) To take out stitches from.

   Synonym: unpick

2. (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

remove stitches from

• Azerbaijani: sökmək
• Bulgarian: разшивам (bg) (razšivam)
• Czech: párat (cs) impf, rozpárat pf
• Dutch: lostornen
• French: découdre (fr)
• Galician: descoser
• Italian: scucire (it)
• Russian: пороть (ru) impf (porotʹ)
• Swahili: fumua

See also

• unpicker

 

Anagrams

• cuntshit, shitcunt