rebuild

rebuild
verb
ADVERB
▪ completely, entirely, totally
▪

The hall had to be completely rebuilt after the fire.

▪ virtually (esp. BrE)
▪

The whole structure was virtually rebuilt.

▪ extensively, largely, substantially
▪ quickly, slowly
▪ partially, partly
▪ painstakingly
VERB + REBUILD
▪ begin to, start to
▪

She was just beginning to rebuild her life.

▪ try to
▪ help (to)
▪

The international community must step in to help rebuild the country.

PHRASES
▪ newly rebuilt, recently rebuilt
▪ rebuild sth from scratch
▪

Much of the damaged vehicle had to be rebuilt from scratch.

Rebuild is used with these nouns as the object: ↑confidence, ↑country, ↑defence, ↑economy, ↑life, ↑road, ↑trust

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  • rebuild — verb (rebuilt; building) Date: 1537 transitive verb 1. a. to make extensive repairs to ; reconstruct < rebuild a war torn city > b. to restore to a previous state < rebuild inventories > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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