unfight

Definitions

To undo the effects of fighting (something).

Examples

“We often catch⟳ an Author fighting Battles, and unfighting them in the ſame Paper. The Mention⟳ of Cannon and Gun-powder ſets his daring Heart on Fire, and he ſeems even fonder of dipping his Pen in Blood than in Ink.”

“Walt was thinking they would go into the theater and embrace in the spot where Lincoln had died. Their marvelous passion would go out from them in waves, transforming time, history, and destiny, unmurdering Lincoln, unfighting the war, unkilling all those six hundred thousand, who would be drawn from death into the theater, where they would add⟳ their strong arms to the world-changing embrace, until at last⟳ a great historic love-pile was gathered in Washington City, a gigantic pearl with Gob and Walt the sand at its center.”

“You can't ungrow a baby, or unshoot a bullet, or unfight a war. How could I have⟳ ever thought you could?”

“"Oh, come⟳ on, Ellen," Kit said. "You're lucky. It's not like⟳ you're dealing with life or death. You can master your disease any time. Just stop⟳. Doing. Drugs. Meanwhile, the rest⟳ of us are kind of screwed. Thomas can't go back in time and unfight his battles. I can't bring⟳ back Lucita. That's forever."”

“Hopefully he unfights the urge⟳ and goes nowhere near jake bc Jake doesn't like⟳ him.”

“Imagine⟳ a War in which both sides have⟳ access to time travel⟳, while battle^([sic]) are fought and unfought. Time creates rifts, the never was, the never will be. The never should have⟳ been. Battles raging across millenniums. Creatures and powers start⟳ coming in from the wood work⟳, there are fractures in time itself.”

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