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re·build

 (rē-bĭld′)
tr.v. re·built (-bĭlt′), re·build·ing, re·builds
1. To build again.
2. To make extensive structural repairs on.
3. To remodel or make extensive changes in: tried to rebuild society.
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rebuilding

(ˌriːˈbɪldɪŋ)
n
1. (Building)
a. the process of building something (such as a city, building, etc) again after it has been damaged or destroyed
b. (as modifier): rebuilding work.
2. the restoration of a system or situation to a previous condition: the rebuilding of the economy.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.rebuilding - building againrebuilding - building again      
reconstruction - the activity of constructing something again
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Translations

rebuilding

[ˈriːˈbɪldɪŋ] N → reconstrucción f
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

rebuilding

[ˌriːˈbɪldɪŋ]
n
[building, bridge, town] → reconstruction f
(= renewal, restoration) [country, relationship] → reconstruction f; [economy] → reconstruction f
modif [programme, project] → de reconstruction
rebuilding work → travaux mpl de reconstruction
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

rebuilding

n (= restoration: of house, wall) → Wiederaufbau m; (fig: of society, relationship) → Wiederherstellung f
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