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unlaunching

unlaunching is the present participle and gerund of unlaunch.

Meaning of unlaunch

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To 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

Questions about unlaunching

What is unlaunching the present participle and gerund of?
Unlaunching is the present participle and gerund of unlaunch.

Words near unlaunching in the dictionary

  1. unlaughter
  2. unlaunch
  3. unlaunchable
  4. unlaunched
  5. unlaunches
  6. unlaunching
  7. unlaundered
  8. unlaureled
  9. unlaurelled
  10. unlavaged
  11. unlaved

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unlaunching (page history and authors); unlaunch (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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