the wind was strong enough to uproot trees and unroof about 50 houses
Example sentencesExamples
The damage ranges from a house being unroofed at St Mary's to trees being uprooted throughout the state.
Our house was partially unroofed, the slates lay thick upon the ground.
In the outer parts of the town there was a greater number of cabins completely unroofed and rendered uninhabitable.
Only 12 houses in the town of 3500 residents survived being blown flat or unroofed, and damage was also widespread in Cairns, Babinda, and on the Atherton Tableland.
It was accompanied by a rapid temperature drop, and a squally wind change strong enough to uproot trees and unroof about 50 houses.
Definition of unroof in US English:
unroof
verb
[with object]
Remove the roof of.
the wind was strong enough to uproot trees and unroof about 50 houses
Example sentencesExamples
It was accompanied by a rapid temperature drop, and a squally wind change strong enough to uproot trees and unroof about 50 houses.
Our house was partially unroofed, the slates lay thick upon the ground.
Only 12 houses in the town of 3500 residents survived being blown flat or unroofed, and damage was also widespread in Cairns, Babinda, and on the Atherton Tableland.
In the outer parts of the town there was a greater number of cabins completely unroofed and rendered uninhabitable.
The damage ranges from a house being unroofed at St Mary's to trees being uprooted throughout the state.