undo-v; 3 Senses

Sense Number 1: cancel, reverse, annul

Commentary: Syntax is: NP1[agent] UNDO NP2 NP1[instrument] UNDO NP2
NOTE: usually refers to processes, events, etc.

Examples:
Here is the detox diet that undid the damage that the star of Super Size Me did to his body.
Subsequent developments in the second millennium completely undid the work of St. Thomas.
They want to avoid the philosophy that undid the dominance of the theory by dressing it up as science.
I couldn't connect to my wireless network until I undid the change.

Mappings:
VerbNet: destroy-44
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: undo.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 2

Sense Number 2: unwrap, loosen, untie

Commentary: Syntax is: NP1[agent] UNDO NP2 NP1[instrument] UNDO NP2
NOTE: usually refers to physical actions, but may be used metaphorically

Examples:
She undid the buttons on the back of her blouse.
Arlene and Gail undid the straps and Velcro connections.
The procedures eventually undid the ties that bound serfs and noble estate owners.
Westphalia undid the knot that had joined the empire to the papacy since the coronation of Charlemagne.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: undo.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4, 5

Sense Number 3: bring to ruin

Commentary: Syntax is: NP1 UNDO NP2[human]

Examples:
He hovered on the edge of a culture that ultimately undid him.
Ironically, his very decency undid him barely a month into his term.
It was poor engineering and maintenance decisions that undid the company.

Mappings:
VerbNet: destroy-44
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: undo.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3