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Rebuild

To build again, as something which has been demolished; to construct anew; as, to rebuild a house, a wall, a wharf, or a city.

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Build 76% connected

To erect or construct, as an edifice or fabric of any kind; to form by uniting materials into a regular structure; to fabricate; to make; to raise.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Construct 76% connected

To put together the constituent parts of (something) in their proper place and order; to build; to form; to make; as, to construct an edifice.

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Make 76% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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Reconstruct 92% connected

To construct again; to rebuild; to remodel; to form again or anew.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Anew adverb · 78% connection

Over again; another time; in a new form; afresh; as, to arm anew; to create anew.

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At preposition · 78% connection

Primarily, this word expresses the relations of presence, nearness in place or time, or direction toward; as, at the ninth hour; at th…

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Bond noun · 78% connection

The union or tie of the several stones or bricks forming a wall. The bricks may be arranged for this purpose in several different ways…

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Boulevard noun · 78% connection

A public walk or street occupying the site of demolished fortifications. Hence: A broad avenue in or around a city.

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Citadel noun · 78% connection

A fortress in or near a fortified city, commanding the city and fortifications, and intended as a final point of defense.

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Citizen noun · 78% connection

One who enjoys the freedom and privileges of a city; a freeman of a city, as distinguished from a foreigner, or one not entitled to it…

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Civil adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to a city or state, or to a citizen in his relations to his fellow citizens or to the state; within the city or state.

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Compile verb · 78% connection

To put together; to construct; to build.

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Country adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to the regions remote from a city; rural; rustic; as, a country life; a country town; the country party, as opposed to city.

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Destruction noun · 78% connection

The state of being destroyed, demolished, ruined, slain, or devastated.

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Edify verb · 78% connection

To build; to construct.

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Erect verb · 78% connection

To raise, as a building; to build; to construct; as, to erect a house or a fort; to set up; to put together the component parts of, as…

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Fabric verb · 78% connection

To frame; to build; to construct.

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Fabricate verb · 78% connection

To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to frame; to construct; to build; as, to fabricate a bridge or ship.

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Faubourg noun · 78% connection

A suburb of French city; also, a district now within a city, but formerly without its walls.

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House verb · 78% connection

To take or put into a house; to shelter under a roof; to cover from the inclemencies of the weather; to protect by covering; as, to ho…

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Levy verb · 78% connection

To erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up; as, to levy a mill, dike, ditch, a nuisance, etc.

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Litotes noun · 78% connection

A diminution or softening of statement for the sake of avoiding censure or increasing the effect by contrast with the moderation shown…

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