uncreate

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/ˌʌnkɹiˈeɪt/

verb

To kill; to destroy; to deprive of existence; to annihilate.

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Meanings

verbuncreate (third-person singular simple present uncreates, present participle uncreating, simple past and past participle uncreated)

present singular third person uncreates · participle present uncreating · participle past uncreated · past uncreated

  1. transitiveTo kill; to destroy; to deprive of existence; to annihilate.

    Who can uncreate thee, thou shalt know.

    1667, John Milton, “Book V”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC
  2. transitiveTo undo the act of creating.

    They at least had the immense and mighty imagination of which I speak; they could unthink the past. They could uncreate the Fall. With a reverence which moderns might think impudence, they could uncreate the Creation.

    1930, G. K. Chesterton, The Resurrection of Rome

Synonyms & antonyms

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unmakeungenerate
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unmake

Origin

From un- + create.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

enacture
Cite this entry
APA

uncreate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncreate

MLA

“uncreate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncreate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uncreate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncreate.

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