unmaking
Reversing a creation
Unmaking is the process of undoing, destroying, or reversing what was made.
A decision can be your making or your unmaking—your success or your ruin.
The word often appears in fantasy contexts where powerful objects require deliberate destruction: the unmaking of the ring.
To unmake something is to reduce it to what it was before creation.
Declared void from start
- invalidationAct of nullifying
- revocationOfficial cancellation of privilege
- repealAnnul a statute
- abrogationAbolition of a law
voiding · retraction · rescinding · nullifying · undoing · overturning · reversal · withdrawal
Deliberate structural destruction
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
- annihilationUtter, complete destruction
- obliterationTotal destruction or erasure
- ruinComplete destruction or collapse
decimation · shattering · pulverization · extinction · ravage · desolation · smashing · crushing
Sudden structural failure
- declineDecrease or refuse
- fallDescend under gravity
- deteriorationProcess of declining quality
- degradationDecline in condition
disintegration · crumbling · atrophy · rot · erosion · decomposition · withering · corrosion
Total destruction or erasure
- deletionRemoval of content
- expungingRemoving completely from existence
- effacementAct of erasing completely
- eradicationTotal elimination of something
elimination · removal · purging · redaction · cancellation · abolition · wiping out · blotting out
Separate into parts
- disassembleSeparate into parts
- deconstructAnalyze by breaking down
- take apartSeparate into components
- detachTo separate from
separate · disengage · uncouple · unfasten · unbolt · strip down · break down · decommission
annulment
Declared void from start
- invalidationAct of nullifying
- revocationOfficial cancellation of privilege
- repealAnnul a statute
abrogation · voiding · retraction · rescinding · nullifying · undoing · overturning · reversal · withdrawal · countermanding
demolition
Deliberate structural destruction
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
- annihilationUtter, complete destruction
- obliterationTotal destruction or erasure
ruin · decimation · shattering · pulverization · extinction · ravage · desolation · smashing · crushing · wreckage
collapse
Sudden structural failure
- declineDecrease or refuse
- fallDescend under gravity
- deteriorationProcess of declining quality
degradation · disintegration · crumbling · atrophy · rot · erosion · decomposition · withering · corrosion · entropy
obliteration
Total destruction or erasure
- deletionRemoval of content
- expungingRemoving completely from existence
- effacementAct of erasing completely
eradication · elimination · removal · purging · redaction · cancellation · abolition · wiping out · blotting out · striking out
dismantle
Separate into parts
- disassembleSeparate into parts
- deconstructAnalyze by breaking down
- take apartSeparate into components
detach · separate · disengage · uncouple · unfasten · unbolt · strip down · break down · decommission · demount
undo
Reverse a prior action
decouple · unfasten · unweave · disentangle · unstitch · unwind · unknot · unspool · unlace · unpick
- destructiondestruction, destroying, demolishing, devastation, ruination
unmakingmaking
Producing or constructing
creation · creating · fabrication · production · origination
unmakingformation
Creation or arrangement
shaping · structuring · organizing · constitution · crystallization
unmakingestablishment
Founded organization or venue
founding · genesis · inception · institution · initiation
make, maker, making, remake, makeshift, remaking, remakes, unmake, unmaker