rebuild

[ree-bild]

verb (used with object)

rebuilt , rebuilded, rebuilding .

1. to repair, especially to dismantle and reassemble with new parts.

   to rebuild an old car.

2. to replace, restrengthen, or reinforce.

   to rebuild an army.

3. to revise, reshape, or reorganize.

   to rebuild a shattered career.

verb (used without object)

rebuilt , rebuilded, rebuilding .

1. to build again or afresh.

   With the insurance money we can rebuild.

rebuild

/ riːˈbɪld /

verb

1. to make, construct, or form again

   the cost of rebuilding the house

2. (tr) to restore (a system or situation) to a previous condition

   his struggle to rebuild his life

Other Word Forms

• rebuildable adjective
• rebuildability noun
• rebuilder noun
• unrebuilt adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of rebuild¹

First recorded in 1605–15; re- + build

Example Sentences

His most recent job was rebuilding Hezbollah itself after its battering in a two-month war with Israel a year ago.

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Snake believes the country will need many of those currently in uniform to help rebuild Ukraine when the war ends.

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U.S. intelligence officials, in their annual threat assessment to Congress in March, warned that Islamic State would seek to exploit the end of the Assad regime “to free prisoners to rebuild their ranks.”

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Hezbollah has been rebuilding its armaments and battered ranks since then, according to people familiar with Israeli and Arab intelligence.

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“The rebuild of our community will not happen without the labor of workers, and this is where they come to look for work.”

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Related Words

• build 
• build up 
• fix