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adjective

as in repaired

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verb

past tense of rebuild
as in reconstructed
to put into good shape again after having been destroyed or damaged It took a long time to rebuild the ruined house after the hurricane.

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Recent Examples of rebuilt
Adjective
Chelsea did, however, win both domestic cups, beating London rivals Arsenal in the League Cup final and United in the first FA Cup final at the rebuilt Wembley. — Amelie Claydon, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026 This included preserving the original 427 ci Ford FE big-block side-oiler V-8, and replacing it with a rebuilt version. — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 21 Aug. 2026 Chiefs Kingdom got its first look at a rebuilt Kansas City Chiefs team in the first preseason game of 2026 against the Los Angeles Rams Saturday afternoon. — Dominick Williams, Kansas City Star, 16 Aug. 2026 Six months after a crash destroyed a Rancho Cordova furniture store’s iconic 40-year-old waterwheel, the company unveiled the rebuilt landmark, constructed using the original plans. — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 14 Aug. 2026 Putting players in different positions could be the key for a rebuilt offensive line. — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Aug. 2026 Today -- after nearly two years of paying rent for temporary housing in addition to her mortgage -- Barker is finally starting the process of moving her family back into their rebuilt home. — Ginger Zee, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026 The strip mall near the University of Miami was demolished in 2021, and a two-story, block-long Publix opened on the rebuilt Riviera Plaza grounds in September 2025. — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 9 July 2026 Logic Pro and MainStage benefit from a rebuilt Chord ID for accurate harmonic analysis and a new granular sync mode in Alchemy, expanding sound design capabilities. — Prakhar Khanna, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Verb
His main brush with emergency response appears to have been the department’s response to Hurricane Ian, where employees rebuilt a bridge to Pine Island in just three days and repaired massive cracks in the Sanibel Causeway in just 15 days. — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 26 Aug. 2026 Santa Fe will be demolished and rebuilt beginning at the end of 2027, with the project expected to finish around summer 2030. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026 But humans have rebuilt our physical world to accommodate new technologies in the past, with changes in transportation offering perhaps the clearest examples. — George C. Lee Ii, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026 In addition, breeding a heifer keeps her out of the food supply, tightening it further as the herd is rebuilt. — John Hanna, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026 The Utes return Devon Dampier at quarterback and Wayshawn Parker at running back, but the offensive line has to be rebuilt, and the Utes will need to find new playmakers on defense. — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Aug. 2026 Since that retest, AMGN has rebuilt completely and is now making new all-time highs. — Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2026 The reopening marks one of the most visible signs of commercial recovery in Pacific Palisades, even as many residents remained displaced, homes and schools are still being rebuilt and portions of the neighborhood still bear the scars of the fire. — Teresa Liu, Daily News, 19 Aug. 2026 The two soon stumble back into the cult that created the plague doctor — a cult in which people are killed and resurrected, taken apart and rebuilt. — S.m. Hallow, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rebuilt
  1. repaired
  2. reconstructed
  3. rehabilitated
  4. restored
Adjective
  • Volunteers painted and repaired bleachers, replaced the chain-link fence in the outfield with a wooden one and painted the dugouts.
    — Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • That can mean fewer repaired roofs, fewer modernized science laboratories, fewer accessible entrances and elevators, fewer upgraded heating and cooling systems, fewer lead and asbestos remediation projects and fewer safety improvements.
    — Angel Gutierrez, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of repaired
Verb
  • Around this infrastructure, Pizzini and her team reconstructed the original Muppet Theatre, from the iconic arches to the filigree to the safety curtain with the door Kermit pops out of in the opening sequence.
    — Mya Copeland, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Researchers reconstructed the exact three-dimensional architecture of the graphite particles, binder, and electrolyte pores.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of reconstructed
Verb
  • That’s why Duffy was right to focus on new and rehabilitated equipment for these Midwest corridors that can put them to immediate use and fill them with passengers.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The teen will be charged as an adult designated, meaning that if convicted, he could be sentenced as a juvenile, an adult or as a juvenile with the option of receiving an adult sentence if not rehabilitated.
    — DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of rehabilitated
Verb
  • Coming nine years after the space shuttle program’s close, their 2020 test flight to the International Space Station restored America’s ability to launch crews from home soil.
    — Marcia Dunn, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
  • And for anyone who would rather opt out of all this entirely, Philip Johnson’s first residential commission is being restored in Bedford and will soon be looking for a very architecturally literate new owner!
    — Nora DeLigter, Curbed, 28 Aug. 2026
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“Rebuilt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rebuilt. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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