discreatev.
/ˌdɪskrɪˈeɪt/, U.S. /ˌdɪskriˈeɪt/ transitive. To undo the creation of; to unmake; to destroy. Cf. uncreate v.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)]
to bring to noughteOE
forspillc893
fordilghec900
to bring to naughtOE
astryea1200
stroyc1200
forferec1275
misdoa1325
destroyc1330
naught1340
dingc1380
beshenda1400
devoida1400
unshapea1400
to wend downa1400
brittenc1400
unloukc1400
perishc1426
defeat1435
unmake1439
lithc1450
spend1481
kill1530
to shend ofc1540
quade1565
to make away1566
discreate1570
wrake1570
wracka1586
unwork1587
gaster1609
defease1621
unbe1624
uncreate1633
destructa1638
naufragate1648
stifle1725
stramash1788
disannul1794
destructify1841
locust1868
to knock out1944
dick1972
1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. *jv There and then, that particular thyng shalbe Discreated.
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. ii. 42 Both, vniting..appeas'd the brall Which doubt-lesse else had dis-Created All.
1658 T. Bancroft Time's out of Tune xii. 85 Strange to the world was drunkenness, till Not Planted it with his Vines, then did it grow With rank profusion, strove to discreate Mankind, and change it to a brutish state.
1849 A. H. Clough Poems & Prose Remains (1869) II. 33 Self-created, discreated, Re-created, ever fresh, Ever young!
1870 A. C. Swinburne Ode Proclam. French Republic 14 Thine own life and creation of thy fate Thou hast set thine hand to unmake and discreate.
1932 Amer. Poetry Mag. Oct. 14 In gods' despite Your beauty can't be discreated quite.
1997 W. F. Buckley Nearer, my God v. 62 A God that cannot..heed His own impulses to discreate evil.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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