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disroofing

disroofing is the present participle and gerund of disroof.

Meaning of disroof

Verb

disroof (third-person singular simple present disroofs, present participle disroofing, simple past and past participle disroofed)

  1. (transitive) To unroof; to remove the roof.
    • Ghastly châteaus stare on you by the wayside; disroofed, diswindowed[.]1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume III (The Guillotine), London: James Fraser, […], →OCLC, book V (Terror the Order of the Day), page 340

Questions about disroofing

What is disroofing the present participle and gerund of?
Disroofing is the present participle and gerund of disroof.

Words near disroofing in the dictionary

  1. disrobes
  2. disrobing
  3. disrobings
  4. disroof
  5. disroofed
  6. disroofing
  7. disroofs
  8. disroot
  9. disrooted
  10. disrooting
  11. disroots

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