reconstruction

Definition

  • noun: the act or process of building something that was damaged or destroyed again
  • noun: the action of 'reconstructing'
  • synonyms: copy, duplication, imitation

Examples

  • They were able to determine the cause of the accident by careful 'reconstruction' of the events leading up to it.

  • The police staged a 'reconstruction' of the crime/accident.

  • the 'reconstruction' of postwar Europe

Movie quotes

  • (..) a nearly-complete copy discovered. Unfortunately it was in terrible condition and a cropped mm version. A substantially complete reconstruction was made using the Argentinian material and material from the previous restoration. Spanish intertitles were identified using (..)
    1927 Metropolis