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reconstruction noun

noun
/ˌrikənˈstrʌkʃ(ə)n/
1

the process of building something again

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Reconstruction is already under way after the floods.

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1.1

the process of putting a country back into a good condition after a war

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They announced a multimillion dollar reconstruction program for the region.

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2

a situation in which you try to form an idea of something that happened by connecting pieces of information

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a reconstruction of the crime

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a dramatic reconstruction of a Civil War battle

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4

a copy of something that existed in the past

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an accurate reconstruction of the palace

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5

surgery that a doctor does to repair a part of the body that has been damaged or is not shaped normally

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6

the period after the American Civil War

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