unstitch

English

Etymology

un- +‎ stitch

Verb

1. (transitive) To take out stitches from.
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
• Czech: párat (cs) impf, rozpárat pf
• French: découdre (fr)
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• Russian: пороть (ru) impf (porotʹ)

Anagrams

• cuntshit, shitcunt