Undoing
[ʌn'duːɪŋ] or [ʌn'duɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) an act that makes a previous act of no effect (as if not done).
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Definition
(n.) The reversal of what has been done.
(n.) Ruin.
Checker: Marsha
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Ruin, destruction.
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Examples
- The little fellow crouched trembling just an instant, but that instant was quite long enough to prove his undoing. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- She did not say anything but slipped her hand inside of his shirt and he felt her undoing the shirt buttons and she said, You, too. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Undoing his helmet, he placed it on the table, and stood a moment as if to collect himself before he told his news. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The Medes and Persians formed an alliance with the nomadic Semitic Chaldeans of the south for the joint undoing of Assyria. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And as she spoke she was undoing a small parcel, which Fanny had observed in her hand when they met. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- But his very thirst for knowledge and new facts again proved his undoing. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- She saw him stooping to the bag, undoing the loosely buckled strap, unattentive. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The papers in Bardell and Pickwick,' replied Perker, undoing the knot with his teeth. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I will, directly, sir,' replied Oliver: undoing the chain, and turning the key. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- It was that comparison which was her undoing. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
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