unscrewing

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Verb

1. present participle of unscrew#English|unscrew

Noun

unscrewing (plural unscrewings)

1. The act by which something is unscrewed.
   • 1854, George Dodd, The Curiosities of Industry and the Applied Sciences (page 35)

     But this was a sadly lingering process, since there must be as many screwings and unscrewings as there are copies to be printed.

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