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UNDOER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to
Example:
uprooters of gravestones
Synonyms:
destroyer; ruiner; undoer; uprooter; waster
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("undoer" is a kind of...):
bad person (a person who does harm to others)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "undoer"):
annihilator (a total destroyer)
iconoclast; image breaker (a destroyer of images used in religious worship)
diversionist; saboteur; wrecker (someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks)
vandal (someone who willfully destroys or defaces property)
Derivation:
undo (cause the ruin or downfall of)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A person who unfastens or unwraps or opens
Example:
children are talented undoers of their shoelaces
Synonyms:
opener; undoer; unfastener; untier
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("undoer" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Derivation:
undo (remove the outer cover or wrapping of)
undo (cause to become loose)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A seducer who ruins a woman
Example:
she awoke in the arms of her cruel undoer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("undoer" is a kind of...):
ladies' man; lady killer; seducer (a man who takes advantage of women)
Derivation:
undo (cause the ruin or downfall of)
