unscrew

I wouldn’t have expected to become so interested in screws being unscrewed, tabs unbent, machines reduced to component parts, cleaned and painted, with missing parts newly fabricated.

Vance asked as he unscrewed the plastic cap from the bottle.

Sometimes, thieves have unscrewed bolts to remove hydrants.

I unscrewed the lid and aimed at the dervish.

She unscrewed the lid, releasing smoke that took the shape of a Black woman dressed in white.