unglue

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un·glue

(ŭn-glo͞o′)

tr.v. un·glued, un·glu·ing, un·glues

To separate by dissolving a glue or other adhesive.

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unglue

(ʌnˈɡluː)

vb (tr)

to remove adhesive from

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Emma Jane had enjoyed considerable experience of this kind, and Rebecca had succeeded in unstopping her ears, ungluing her eyes, and loosening her tongue, so that she could "play the game" after a fashion.

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Everywhere now new leaves are ungluing, their green encased with light.

Quick, now, always

Though the precise activities the robot's interchangeable, tool-bearing hands will tackle are classified, Eicker says they'll include unscrewing, ungluing, lifting apart and repackaging.