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[ ree-bild ] / riˈbɪld / SEE SYNONYMS FOR rebuild ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used with object), re·built or (Archaic) re·build·ed; re·build·ing.to repair, especially to dismantle and reassemble with new parts: to rebuild an old car. to replace, restrengthen, or reinforce: to rebuild an army. to revise, reshape, or reorganize: to rebuild a shattered career. verb (used without object), re·built or (Archaic) re·build·ed; re·build·ing.to build again or afresh: With the insurance money we can rebuild. Origin of rebuildFirst recorded in 1605–15; re- + build OTHER WORDS FROM rebuildre·build·a·ble, adjectivere·build·a·bil·i·ty, nounre·build·er, nounun·re·built, adjectiveDictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for rebuildLaw has been rebuilt in the last 50 years to be an instrument of control, not a framework for human responsibility. Red Tape Is Strangling Good Samaritans|Philip K. Howard|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST The building had to be rebuilt in 1963 after extensive damage from the Second World War was finally deemed irreparable. Inside The World’s 10 Oldest Restaurants|Justin Jones|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST The dome could be rebuilt by 2021 if work stays on schedule, according to workers at the site. Madonna, Carla Bruni & Obama Abandoned Pledges To Rebuild L'Aquila After The Quake|Barbie Latza Nadeau|November 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST No schools, churches or hospitals have been rebuilt yet, though temporary structures are now permanent fixtures on the landscape. Madonna, Carla Bruni & Obama Abandoned Pledges To Rebuild L'Aquila After The Quake|Barbie Latza Nadeau|November 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It too had been built back up, and the six or eight tall spindly French summer homes have been rebuilt. Blood in the Sand: When James Jones Wrote a Grunt’s View of D-Day|James Jones|November 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST He rebuilt the fortifications of Megiddo, thus securing the control of the network of roads which traversed Southern Syria. History Of Egypt, Chalda, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 6 (of 12)|G. Maspero A few years ago its signboard modestly chronicled the fact that it had been Rebuilt after the Flood. Old Country Inns of England|Henry P. Maskell It was of wood, destroyed and swept to sea by a storm; rebuilt, and again destroyed by worms. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast|Samuel Adams Drake As to the upper town, after the conflagration of the last siege, it had been rebuilt in a very indifferent style. Annals of a Fortress|E. Viollet-le-Duc She ruled and ordered her household well; she made new roads and rebuilt bridges which had been broken down. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12)|Various
British Dictionary definitions for rebuild
verb -builds, -building or -builtto make, construct, or form againthe cost of rebuilding the house (tr) to restore (a system or situation) to a previous conditionhis struggle to rebuild his life Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to rebuildfix, build, build up, reconstruct, overhaul, refurbish, patch, recondition, reassemble, touch up |