unstitch

Etymology

From un- + stitch.

unstitch means To take out stitches from. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

verb

To take out stitches from.
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.”