unmuffle

[uhn-muhf-uhl]

un·muf·fle

[uhn-muhf-uhl] verb, un·muf·fled, un·muf·fling.
verb (used with object)
1.
to strip of or free from something that muffles.
verb (used without object)
2.
to throw off something that muffles.

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Unmuffle is one of our favorite verbs.
So is fletcherise. Does it mean:
to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
to chew (food) slowly and thoroughly.

Origin:
1605–15; un-2 + muffle1
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