whakakore
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-ngia,-tia) to disqualify, abandon, call off, delete, deny, abolish, cancel, undo, nullify, annihilate, dispense with, quash, disband, repudiate, dismiss, repeal, get rid of.
‘Kia mārama katoa koutou,’ hei tā te Minita, ‘E kore e whakakorehia te Taraipiunara.’ (HM 2/2001) / ‘Let you all be clear on the matter,’ said the Minister, ‘the Tribunal will never be disbanded.’
Synonyms: whakakāhore, whawhati, waiho, awaiho, whākorekore, pīrere, whakarere, whakakorekore, pēhipēhi, tāmi, tātāmi
2. (noun) disqualification, abandonment, cancellation, deletion, denial, abolishment, annihilation, disbandonment, repudiation, dismissal, repeal.
Inarā ko tā Rātana kē, he whakataha i te wā o mua, whakangaro atu i ngā mahi tapu o neherā, me te whakakore hoki i te mana o te tohunga (TTR 1996:171). / Particularly what Rātana advocated of putting aside the past, eliminating tapu activities of ancient times, and the abandonment of the power of the tohunga.
Synonyms: whakakāhoretanga, whakareretanga, whakarerenga, whākorekore, mahuetanga, whakakorekore, whakarere
