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- noun One who, or that which,
unmakes ; adestroyer .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Tagging along, she has led an entirely derivative life, from rainmaker for an unsavory Little Rock law firm to unmaker of health-care reform.
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When the moment shall come and the world shall cease to be, there will come harbingers of false hopes, and the young shall dream of that which might have been; yet the thread of the times has already been spun, and the maker shall return to the unmaker, and the mandala shall be rendered perfect.
Do Comets Dream? S. P. Somtow 2003
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M. Clemenceau was then at the height of his power as the maker and unmaker of French M.nistries.
Writer's Recollections Ward, Mrs Humphry 1918
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"Ah," exclaimed Eleanor, "here comes the hero of the hour, the maker and unmaker of Ministries."
Half a Hero A Novel Anthony Hope 1898
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Perhaps almost of the philosopher, the historian, the sociologist: the clearer away of convenient error, the unmaker and remaker of consciences.
Laurus Nobilis Chapters on Art and Life Vernon Lee 1895
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Lord of this land and patron of Holy Thorn; a maker and unmaker of abbots to whom now I must bow my knees.
The Forest Lovers Maurice Hewlett 1892
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M. Clémenceau was then at the height of his power as the maker and unmaker of French M.nistries.
A Writer's Recollections — Volume 2 Humphry Ward 1885
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Men are eternally divided into the two classes of poet (believer, maker, and praiser) and dunce (or unbeliever, unmaker, and dispraiser).
On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature John Ruskin 1859
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Men are eternally divided into the two classes of poet (believer, maker, and praiser) and dunce (or unbeliever, unmaker, and dispraiser).
The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing John Ruskin 1859
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There, with his round but ample shoulder, and large massive head, covered with long snow-white hair, stands Talleyrand, the maker and unmaker of kings, watching with a look of ill-concealed anxiety the progress of his game.
The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer — Volume 4 Charles James Lever 1839
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