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1 to build or put sth together again:
After the earthquake, the people set about rebuilding their homes. * He rebuilt the engine using parts from cars that had been scrapped.
2 to make sth/sb complete and strong again:
When she lost her job, she had to rebuild her life completely. * attempts to rebuild the shattered post-war economy * After the divorce, it took me a long time to rebuild my confidence.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for rebuild is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does rebuild appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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