RECONSTRUCT Synonyms: 131 Similar and Opposite Words

reconstruct

verb

Definition of reconstruct

as in to rebuild

to build (something) again after it has been damaged or destroyed After the fire they had to completely reconstruct the building from the ground up.

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as in to re-create

to find out and describe or show the way something (such as an event or series of events) happened

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Recent Examples of reconstruct The researchers used the chip to reconstruct a satellite image of a tropical storm while transmitting only about one-eighth of the original data. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 30 July 2026 Investigators are trying to reconstruct her movements leading up to her disappearance by speaking to witnesses and reviewing photographs and video recordings from people in the area. — Saleen Martin, USA Today, 30 July 2026 Dubai has been working hard to reconstruct its tourism brand since Iran launched strikes across the Middle East earlier this year, with ballistic missile and drone attacks targeting the destination. — Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN Money, 28 July 2026 What to read next The new technique uses infrared thermal images and existing computer models to reconstruct a map of distortions across the mirror's surface. — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 25 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for reconstruct

Recent Examples of Synonyms for reconstruct

Verb

The committee welcomed the progress Friday, but said the work to restore public institutions and services and rebuild the territory would be immense.

— Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026
Mayor Karen Bass issues an executive order for city departments not to process Lineage rebuilding plans until the city and the public can review the investigation.

— Julie Sharp, CBS News, 31 July 2026

Definition of rebuild

Verb

Republicans had projected confidence about advancing the legislation, which would overhaul federal regulation of crypto, before senators leave Washington for their summer break.

— Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 29 July 2026
Owners have long held up the financial disparities in the sport, and their subsequent impact on competitive balance, as a reason to overhaul its cost structure and implement a salary cap.

— Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 29 July 2026

Definition of overhaul

Verb

While maximalist trends often signify that louder pieces are the only way to look fashion-forward, bold styles are ultimately fickle and harder to reinvent in new looks.

— Olivia Cigliano, InStyle, 1 Aug. 2026
The idea of artists reinventing themselves every few years, in art and in life, is, of course, not new.

— Mitch Therieau, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of reinvent

Verb

Yet while those aforementioned creatures still get rehabilitated on a regular basis, they’re now greatly surpassed in popular visibility by a cannibal undead that didn’t even exist in the genre until more recent decades.

— Dennis Harvey, Variety, 31 July 2026
Maybe the domain is too diseased to rehabilitate for clicks, even under its supposedly privacy-forward rebrand.

— Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 30 July 2026

Definition of rehabilitate

Verb

This summer will not repeat the last, where 14 new players arrived at a cost of £170million ($228m) to ruthlessly overhaul a promotion-winning squad.

— Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 22 July 2026
The same graphic is repeated on the Baggy Utility Shorts, Loose Jeans and Straight Jeans as embroidery on their coin pockets.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 21 July 2026

Definition of repeat

Verb

Across the country, developers are reimagining student housing as an upscale lifestyle rather than simply a place to sleep.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
First introduced in 1971, the Swiss designer’s iconic Rey chair is reimagined here at kid-friendly proportions, complete with the same timeless silhouette.

— Vy Yang, Architectural Digest, 31 July 2026

Definition of reimagine

Verb

What gives me pause is the question of why Brooker would radically reconceptualize a series whose premise has exceeded its expiration date, instead of just moving on to a fresh idea.

— Time, Time, 16 June 2023
In a sense, Black people, whose past has been deliberately erased, are embracing Afrofuturism as a means to reconceptualize their history and a tool for speculating on a more fruitful future.

— Shantay Robinson, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 May 2023