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Antonyms for re-build
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ree-bild |
| Phonetic Transcription : riˈbɪld |
- abandon
- aid
- antique
- assist
- break
- change
- clean
- corrupt
- damage
- decline
- destroy
- deteriorate
- disarrange
- disorganize
- disturb
- eat out
- finish
- forfeit
- forget
- halt
- harm
- help
- hold
- hurt
- ignore
- impair
- injure
- keep
- kill
- look away
- lose
- maintain
- miss
- neglect
- persist
- play fair
- purify
- raze
- remain
- rend
- ruin
- spoil
- stay
- tear
- unfix
- unsettle
- upset
- waver
- weaken
- worry
- worsen
- wreck
Definition of re-build
Origin :- c.1600 (implied in rebuilding), from re- "back, again" + build (v.). Related: Rebuilt.
- As in mend : verb correct, improve, fix
- As in overhaul : verb redo, restore
- As in patch : verb fix, mend
- As in reconstruct : verb reorganize, build up
- As in reform : verb correct, rectify
- As in rehabilitate : verb renovate, adjust
- As in remodel : verb reconstruct
- As in repair : verb fix, restore
- As in restore : verb fix, make new
- As in rebuild : verb repair
- As in rebuild : verb restore
- As in recondition : verb restore
- As in restitute : verb restore
- As in smarten : verb fix
- As in doctor : verb fix up, treat
- As in do up : verb physically prepare; fix
- As in fix : verb mend, repair
- As in heal : verb cure, recover
- Perhaps, after all, it was not too late to re-build his house of life.
- Extract from : « Dangerous Days » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- No attempt is being made at present to re-build the farms entirely.
- Extract from : « Out To Win » by Coningsby Dawson
- They never seemed to re-build on these spots—whether from superstition or other reasons, I know not.
- Extract from : « Andersonville, Volume 4 » by John McElroy
- A construction gang came out and started to re-build, and the company offered me a good day office if I would remain, but Nay!
- Extract from : « Danger Signals » by John A. Hill and Jasper Ewing Brady
- Parts, however, of the fabric had become so decayed that it was thought necessary to re-build them.
- Extract from : « The Rivers of Great Britain; Rivers of the South and West Coasts » by Various
- I think it will give you as great a satisfaction to re-arrange your house with what you have as to re-build, re-decorate.
- Extract from : « The House in Good Taste » by Elsie de Wolfe
- Canynge helped to re-build a church; John Cabot discovered a continent, and secured it for all time to the English-speaking race.
- Extract from : « The Cabots and the Discovery of America » by Elizabeth Hodges
Synonyms for re-build
- adjust
- administer
- aid
- alleviate
- ameliorate
- amend
- apply medication
- attend
- better
- bring around
- bring back
- bring up to code
- build
- build up
- change
- change one's ways
- check
- clean
- clean up
- clean up one's act
- clear
- cobble
- compensate for
- compose
- conciliate
- condition
- convalesce
- convert
- copy
- correct
- cover
- cure
- darn
- debug
- deduce
- do up
- doctor
- dress
- emend
- enclose
- examine
- face-lift
- fiddle with
- finish
- fix
- fix up
- free
- furbish
- gain
- get better
- get well
- gift-wrap
- give a face-lift
- give facelift
- give treatment
- go straight
- harmonize
- heal
- improve
- inspect
- knit
- launder
- look up
- make amends
- make good
- make healthy
- make over
- make restitution
- make sound
- make up for
- make well
- make whole
- medicate
- meliorate
- mend
- minister to
- modernize
- overhaul
- package
- patch
- patch up
- perk up
- physic
- piece together
- put back together
- put in order
- put on feet again
- put right
- put to rights
- ready
- reanimate
- rearrange
- reassemble
- rebuild
- recall
- recast
- reclaim
- reconcile
- recondition
- reconstitute
- reconstruct
- recover
- recreate
- rectify
- recuperate
- redeem
- redesign
- redress
- reerect
- reestablish
- reexamine
- refashion
- refit
- reform
- refresh
- refurbish
- regenerate
- regulate
- rehab
- rehabilitate
- reimpose
- reinforce
- reinstate
- reintegrate
- reintroduce
- reinvigorate
- rejuvenate
- remake
- remedy
- remodel
- remold
- renew
- renovate
- reorganize
- reorient
- repair
- replace
- reproduce
- rescue
- reshuffle
- resolve
- restitute
- restore
- resuscitate
- retool
- retouch
- retread
- retrieve
- revamp
- revise
- revitalize
- revive
- revivify
- revolutionize
- rework
- right
- salve
- save
- see to
- service
- set
- set to rights
- settle
- sew
- shape up
- soothe
- sort
- spruce
- square
- standardize
- strengthen
- supply
- survey
- swear off
- touch up
- transform
- treat
- tune up
- turn over a new leaf
- update
- upgrade
- uplift
- wash
- win back
- wrap
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