unkill

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English

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Etymology

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From un- +‎ kill.

Verb

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unkill (third-person singular simple present unkills, present participle unkilling, simple past and past participle unkilled)

  1. (rare, transitive) To bring (something killed) back to life.
    • 1992, Kola Omojola, At the crossroads: challenges and options for Nigeria, page 231:
      We killed agriculture in the past. Now is the time to unkill it.

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