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I'm looking for a single word, noun or adjective, that conveys the meaning "having the power to both create and destroy" something specific. For example:

The magician seemingly had < insert word here > over rabbits, able to pull them from thin air, and equally return them to nothingness

Or

The network administrator can both create and delete user accounts, they have < insert word here > over/on/with user accounts.

Some words that I've considered but don't quite fit are

• sovereignty (too specific to politics)


• potency (not quite right)


• omnipotence (implies non specific power)

To clear some things up in response to comments.

• the creation/destruction need not be physical.


• there's no wizardry involved. Regarding the magician, think stage performer not wizard


• the word should not be limited to power over a specific thing, e.g. sovereignty grants per to create and repeal laws, but not the power to create and destroy rabbits


• the word should be modifiable in combination with a subject to indicate a single thing or concept to which the power applies


• the word should not be too general, such as omnipotence meaning power over everything

As invited:

Consider reifiability (from reify) as a nudge in the right direction:

Reify verb
Make (something abstract) more concrete or real
- ODO

The ability to construct is explicit in the term, and the ability to destroy is implicit.

There is a legal sense of absolute ownership in dominion that might fit.

"Perfect control in right of ownership. The word implies both title and possession and appears to require a complete retention of control over disposition. Title to an article of property, which arises from the power of disposition and the right of claiming it..."

There is also an idiomatic use: gain dominion over someone or something: to achieve total authority over someone or something.

I guess you can use omnipotent

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/omnipotent

Reimancy- The overarching magic school of conjuration- the ability to bring something into existance from seemingly nothing, and abjuration- the ability to make something become nothing. This looks like its creating or destroying a thing, but its merely moving it somewhere else in the multiverse.

The magician seemingly had meddle over rabbits, able to pull
them from thin air, and equally return them to nothingness.

Or

The network administrator can both create and delete user accounts,
they have meddled over/on/with user accounts.

I think the word 'meddle' is what you're looking for simply because it implies an unfinished state of being, somewhere between 'creation' and 'destruction'.