rebuild
- Verb:
- To build something again after it has been damaged or destroyed: To construct or create a structure, system, or entity anew, typically following its destruction, decay, or failure.
- To restore or re-establish something to a previous or improved state: To repair, reconstruct, or reform something that has been weakened or broken, not always in a physical sense.
- Verb:
- The city plans to rebuild the bridge that collapsed in the storm.
- After the fire, they had to rebuild their home from the ground up.
- It took years to rebuild trust after the scandal.
- The company is working to rebuild its reputation for quality.
"to rebuild one's life": To recover and construct a new life after a major setback, such as a disaster, divorce, or financial loss.
- After losing everything in the war, she moved to a new country to rebuild her life.
"to be in the process of rebuilding": To be currently undergoing reconstruction or restoration.
- The team is in the process of rebuilding after several key players retired.
Rebuilder (n): A person or thing that rebuilds.
- He was known as a rebuilder of struggling companies.
Rebuilding (n): The action or process of rebuilding.
- The rebuilding of the community center brought everyone together.
Rebuilt (adj): The past tense and past participle form of 'rebuild'; describes something that has been reconstructed.
- They moved into the rebuilt house last spring.
- Reconstruct: To build again; often used interchangeably with 'rebuild'.
- Restore: To bring back to a former, original, or unimpaired condition.
- Remodel: To alter the structure or form of something.
- Overhaul: To examine thoroughly and make necessary repairs or changes.
(Note: 'Rebuild' is not commonly used with particles to form standard phrasal verbs. Its meaning is typically self-contained.)
"Rebuild from the ground up": To reconstruct something completely, starting from the very foundation or beginning.
- The software was so outdated that the developers decided to rebuild it from the ground up.
"Rebuild bridges": To restore friendly relations or connections with someone after a disagreement or period of conflict. (This is a metaphorical use related to the idiom "burn bridges").
- After their argument, he made an effort to rebuild bridges with his colleague.
- build again
- The house was rebuild after it was hit by a bomb