unrig

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They must form a unified coalition of people of all races, genders, sexualities and classes, and band together to unrig the system.

From The Guardian • Feb. 2, 2020

“So the question is, how do we unrig this system?” says Lawrence, who clearly doesn’t just play a superhero on the big screen.

From Washington Post • Feb. 27, 2019

But the sailing-wind came to nothing, and we were soon obliged to unrig and take to paddling.

From Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 by Nansen, Fridtjof

Some climbed the masts to unrig her, others rushed into the hold to get out the cargo, and numbers hurried to the cabin to carry off the lighter articles which it contained.

From Old Jack by Kingston, William Henry Giles

To dismantle a ship of her standing and running rigging.—To unrig the capstan is to take out the bars.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir