unstitching

Verb

unstitch (third-person singular simple present unstitches, present participle unstitching, simple past and past participle unstitched)

1. (transitive) To take out stitches from.

   Synonyms:

   unpick

2. (figuratively, transitive) To unravel or disunite; to cause to come apart.
   • When racially charged killings in the 1980s unstitched already flimsy race relations in the city, the Slave Theater grew to be more than just a movie house, it became a symbol and center of black activism.2007 November 18, Trymaine Lee, “A Symbol of Activism Is at Center of Court Dispute”, in New York Times