unseams
Opens stitched edges
Unseams means to open or rip apart at the seam.
The word appears most famously in Shakespeare's Macbeth, where a soldier "unseamed him from the nave to the chops"—split him open from navel to jaw.
Outside literary contexts, it describes separating stitched fabric: She carefully unseamed the old dress to salvage the material.
sever
Cut apart completely
gash · lacerate · disembowel · gut · split · Macbeth · sword · blade · kill · wound
thread
Fiber for stitching
fabric · garment · textile · unravel · rip · tear · alterations · hemming · lining · bodice
expose
Make known publicly
- revealMake something visible
- unravelSeparate intertwined strands
- deconstructAnalyze by breaking down
dismantle · undo · lay bare · dissect · analyze · uncover · strip · open up · break down · take apart