reconstruct

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01. The police are using eyewitness reports of the murder in an attempt to [reconstruct] the events of the night.
02. He had to have [reconstructive] surgery to repair damage done to his nose in the car accident.
03. Parts of the church had to be [reconstructed] after the bombing.
04. After the war, the Allies helped pay to [reconstruct] the countries devastated during the bombing of Europe.
05. [Reconstruction] of the road will begin once the gas lines have been completed.
06. Since World War Two, Japan has been able to [reconstruct] itself into one of the most dynamic economies in the world.
07. He lost his memory in the accident, and needed help to [reconstruct] the events of the previous few days.
08. Researchers were able to [reconstruct] an earlier form of the language by comparing it with related languages.
09. The government of Adolf Hitler tried to [reconstruct] the whole of German society to conform to National Socialist ideology.
10. Iraq will need a great deal of foreign aid for [reconstruction] once the war is over.
11. [Reconstruction] of the city core after the earthquake cost in the billions of dollars.
12. The [reconstruction] of the economies of the former communist countries of Europe was a very difficult period for the people there.
13. Psychologist Ulric Niesser once suggested that most of our oldest memories are the product of repeated rehearsal and [reconstruction].
14. Following the destruction of the Polish city of Warsaw in World War Two, the city was [reconstructed] using old prints and paintings as architectural models.
15. In April of 1922, a conference began to discuss the [reconstruction] of Europe after World War I.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • reconstruct — re‧con‧struct [ˌriːkənˈstrʌkt] verb [intransitive, transitive] PROPERTY to build something again or repair it after it has been destroyed or damaged: • attempts to reconstruct the country s war damaged economy * * * reconstruct UK US… …   Financial and business terms

  • reconstruct — I verb duplicate, make over, modernize, rearrange, rebuild, recast, reclaim, recompose, recondition, reconstitute, recreate, redo, reestablish, refashion, reficere, reform, refresh, refurbish, regenerate, rehabilitate, remake, remodel, remold,… …   Law dictionary

  • Reconstruct — Re con*struct ( str?kt ), v. t. To construct again; to rebuild; to remodel; to form again or anew. [1913 Webster] Regiments had been dissolved and reconstructed. Macaulay. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • reconstruct — 1768, to build anew, from RE (Cf. re ) back, again + CONSTRUCT (Cf. construct). Meaning to restore (something) mentally is attested from 1862. Related: Reconstructed; reconstructing …   Etymology dictionary

  • reconstruct — [v] reorganize, build up copy, deduce, doctor*, do up*, fix, fix up, make over, modernize, overhaul, patch, piece together, reassemble, rebuild, recast, recondition, reconstitute, recreate, reestablish, refashion, reform, regenerate, rehabilitate …   New thesaurus

  • reconstruct — ► VERB 1) construct again. 2) form an impression, model, or re enactment of (something) from evidence. DERIVATIVES reconstruction noun reconstructive adjective …   English terms dictionary

  • reconstruct — [rē΄kən strukt′] vt. 1. to construct again; rebuild; make over 2. to build up, from remaining parts or other evidence, a concept or reproduction of (something in its original or complete form) reconstructive adj …   English World dictionary

  • reconstruct — [[t]ri͟ːkənstrʌ̱kt[/t]] reconstructs, reconstructing, reconstructed 1) VERB If you reconstruct something that has been destroyed or badly damaged, you build it and make it work again. [V n] The government must reconstruct the shattered economy …   English dictionary

  • reconstruct — verb ADVERB ▪ completely ▪ partially ▪ carefully, painstakingly ▪ Every aspect of the original has been closely studied and painstakingly reconstructed. ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

  • reconstruct — UK [ˌriːkənˈstrʌkt] / US [ˌrɪkənˈstrʌkt] verb [transitive] Word forms reconstruct : present tense I/you/we/they reconstruct he/she/it reconstructs present participle reconstructing past tense reconstructed past participle reconstructed 1) a) to… …   English dictionary

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