reconstructing
Assembling from fragments
Reconstructing is rebuilding or reassembling something that has been damaged, destroyed, or disassembled.
You might reconstruct a building after a fire or reconstruct events from fragmentary evidence: Detectives spent weeks reconstructing the timeline of the murder.
In medicine, reconstructive surgery repairs or restores body parts.
The word often implies piecing together what can only be partially known: Historians are reconstructing daily life in ancient Rome from scattered records.
Underlying support system
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
- rebuildingConstructing anew after destruction
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- architectureBuilding design discipline
foundation · engineering · blueprint · fabrication · assembly · scaffolding · masonry · carpentry
Things that take place
- timelineOrdered display of events
- accountRecord of dealings
- sequenceOrdered succession of elements
- historyRecord of past events
story · crime · accident · memory · testimony · evidence · clues · investigation
Restoring to good condition
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- antiquesValuable old items
- refinishingRestoring a worn surface
- reupholsteringReplacing furniture fabric covering
reconditioning · retouching · repainting · polishing · renovating · mending · repairing · preserving
Act of unearthing
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
- digUnearth by shoveling
- siteDesignated location
- stratigraphyStudy of rock layers
ruins · civilization · potsherds · carbon-dating · anthropology · ceramics · temple · pyramids
Invasive medical procedure
- tissueDisposable soft paper
- graftingJoining tissues to grow together
- implantDevice placed inside tissue
- orthopedicRelating to bone treatment
cosmetic · transplant · prosthetic · ligament · cartilage · bone · facial · breast
framework
Underlying support system
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
- rebuildingConstructing anew after destruction
- developmentProgress toward maturity
architecture · foundation · engineering · blueprint · fabrication · assembly · scaffolding · masonry · carpentry · contractor
events
Things that take place
history · story · crime · accident · memory · testimony · evidence · clues · investigation · forensic
refurbishing
Restoring to good condition
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- antiquesValuable old items
- refinishingRestoring a worn surface
reupholstering · reconditioning · retouching · repainting · polishing · renovating · mending · repairing · preserving · damaged
excavation
Act of unearthing
stratigraphy · ruins · civilization · potsherds · carbon-dating · anthropology · ceramics · temple · pyramids · Neolithic
surgery
Invasive medical procedure
- tissueDisposable soft paper
- graftingJoining tissues to grow together
- implantDevice placed inside tissue
orthopedic · cosmetic · transplant · prosthetic · ligament · cartilage · bone · facial · breast · joint
data
Facts for analysis
algorithm · software · imaging · modeling · 3D · rendering · scanning · simulation · virtual · photogrammetry
- self-carebathing, self-care, renewal, brushing teeth, bath bombs
- shapingmolding, folding, sculpting, forming, curving
- starting overreset, reboot, refresh, reload, retry
- code-breaking verbsdecrypting, deciphering, cracking, unscrambling, solving
reconstructingdemolishing
Destroying a structure completely
destroying · tearing down · razing · wrecking · ruining
reconstructingneglecting
Failing to attend to
abandoning · deteriorating · decaying · degrading · disrepair
reconstructingdismantling
Taking apart systematically
disassembling · deconstructing · taking apart · breaking down · dissecting
- facial reconstructionRebuilding damaged facial anatomy
- reconstruction costsFunds required for rebuilding
- face reconstruction
- image reconstructionRecreating visuals from data
- crime scene reconstruction
- post-war reconstructionRestoring a nation after conflict