Definition of "unstitch"

unstitch

verb
third-person singular simple present unstitches, present participle unstitching, simple past and past participle unstitched
1. (transitive) To take out stitches from.
2. (transitive, figurative) To unravel or disunite; to cause to come apart.
  Quotations
  When racially charged killings in the 1980s unstitched already flimsy race relations in the city, the Slave Theater grew to be more than just a movie house, it became a symbol and center of black activism.
  2007 November 18, Trymaine Lee, “A Symbol of Activism Is at Center of Court Dispute”, in New York Times‎