undoer

undoer
noun
1. a seducer who ruins a woman
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she awoke in the arms of her cruel undoer

• Derivationally related forms: ↑undo
• Hypernyms: ↑seducer, ↑ladies' man, ↑lady killer
2. a person who unfastens or unwraps or opens
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children are talented undoers of their shoelaces

• Syn: ↑opener, ↑unfastener, ↑untier
• Derivationally related forms: ↑untie (for: ↑untier), ↑unfasten (for: ↑unfastener), ↑open (for: ↑opener), ↑undo
• Hypernyms: ↑person, ↑individual, ↑someone, ↑somebody, ↑mortal, ↑soul
3. a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to
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a destroyer of the environment

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jealousy was his undoer

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uprooters of gravestones

• Syn: ↑destroyer, ↑ruiner, ↑waster, ↑uprooter
• Derivationally related forms: ↑uproot (for: ↑uprooter), ↑waste (for: ↑waster), ↑undo, ↑ruin (for: ↑ruiner), ↑destroy (for: ↑destroyer)
• Hypernyms: ↑bad person
• Hyponyms:

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  • unfastener — noun a person who unfastens or unwraps or opens children are talented undoers of their shoelaces • Syn: ↑undoer, ↑opener, ↑untier • Derivationally related forms: ↑untie (for: ↑untier), ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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