unlaunch

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verb

To undo or reverse the launching of.

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Meanings

verbunlaunch (third-person singular simple present unlaunches, present participle unlaunching, simple past and past participle unlaunched)

present singular third person unlaunches · participle present unlaunching · participle past unlaunched · past unlaunched

  1. transitiveTo undo or reverse the launching of.

    They pay a $5 fee for the season, and the permit gives them the privilege of launching their boats and unlaunching them at one of these ramps.

    1956, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Hearings, page 478
    1 more example

    In order to terminate the session, the client issues ServiceGatewayDetach to the gateway, which calls the application server to unlaunch the currently running service.

    1998, IBM Journal of Research and Development, volume 42, page 214

Origin

From un- + launch.

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APA

unlaunch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unlaunch

MLA

“unlaunch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unlaunch. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unlaunch,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unlaunch.

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