Meaning & use
reconstruct
To build something again after it has been damaged or destroyed, or to piece together past events.
See it in a sentence
Engineers reconstructed the bridge using the same design after the flood destroyed the original.
Detectives used witness statements to reconstruct the exact sequence of events that night.
A note on using this word
Reconstruct applies both to physically rebuilding structures and to mentally piecing together a sequence of past events from evidence.
Words with a similar meaning
rebuildrecreate
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Words with an opposite meaning
destroydemolish
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