1. to reverse or undo the making of something; to destroy or dismantle
2. to cause someone to lose a position, status, or reputation

Examples

• The earthquake threatened to unmake everything they had built.
• One scandal was enough to unmake his political career.
• She watched the waves unmake her sandcastle.
• The revolution sought to unmake the old social order.
• His poor decisions would eventually unmake his business empire.
• Time seemed to unmake all their careful plans.