unframe

transitive verb

un·​frame

"+

1

: to take apart : break down : destroy

the women's exuberance will … the houses unframe

—Robinson Jeffers

2

obsolete : to throw into confusion : disrupt

Word History

Etymology

un- entry 2 + frame

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