unfortify

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verb

To remove fortifications from.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

verbunfortify (third-person singular simple present unfortifies, present participle unfortifying, simple past and past participle unfortified)

present singular third person unfortifies · participle present unfortifying · participle past unfortified · past unfortified

  1. transitiveTo remove fortifications from.

    The Lord Admiral agreed to let them go, and also agreed that the defenders should be allowed the space of two hours, in which to unfortify the door and then re-build the barricades.

    1963, Peter Quennell, Shakespeare: A Biography, page 242

Origin

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Chicago

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