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Definition of "unhouse" [un•house]

  • To remove (someone's or something's) from (someones' or something's) house or housing. (verb)
  • To take away a house from. (verb)

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Use "unhouse" in a sentence
  • "It would be interesting to have a discussion of what tradeoffs we can bear and how we ought to structure them; such a discussion is difficult among folk who equate a recognition of the existence of tradeoffs with a malicious desire to unhouse the cancer-ridden."
  • "‘Unlock that door,’ said he, pointing to one on the left, ‘and we will soon unhouse these ghosts.’"
  • "I want to be able to engage in the grand calling of a Socratic teacher, which is not to persuade and convince students, but the unsettle -- to unsettle and unnerve and maybe even unhouse a few students, so that they experience that wonderful vertigo and dizziness in recognizing at least for a moment that their world view rests on putting, but then see that they have something to fall back on."
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