rebuild

Formsrebuilds, rebuilding, rebuilt

Pluralrebuilds

1. 1
   verbtransitive or intransitive

   To build something again after it has been broken or destroyed.

   Like making a sandcastle again after a wave knocks it down.

   The town will rebuild the bridge after the flood.

   Workers rebuilt the old school in just six months.

   Similarreconstruct, reassemble

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2. 2
   nouncountable

   The work of building something again, or the new version made by that work.

   The car needed a full rebuild after the crash.

   The rebuild of the playground took the whole summer.

   Similarreconstruction, reassembly, remake

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3. 3
   verbfigurativelyintransitive

   To try to get better again after a time of doing badly.

   After losing their best players, the team had to rebuild.

   The company is rebuilding after a hard year.

   Similarregroup, recover, retool

4. 4
   nounfigurativelycountable

   A time when a sports team tries to get better after doing badly.

   The coach said the team is in a rebuild this year.

   Their rebuild began when they traded their best player.

   Similarreboot

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