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undemolish en · VERB

Etymology

From un- + demolish.

Meanings

1. (rare, transitive) To undo the demolition of.
   • It may be worth the double-gearing up of court machinery in cases of truly irreplaceable losses (we cannot “undemolish” the historic building), but it is not worth the effort for a fungible good such as money.³ 2010, Richard L. Hasen, Remedies: Examples and Explanations, New York, NY: Aspen Publishers, →ISBN, page 186:
   • The great thing about Revit Architecture is that, as a phased project evolves and you need to demolish, propose, and even “undemolish” project elements, all of the project views and documentation remain fully coordinated. 2012, James Vandezande, Eddy Krygiel, Phil Read, “Groups and Phasing”, in Autodesk Revit Architecture 2013 Essentials, Indianapolis, IN: Wiley, →ISBN, page 207:
   • You (and I) made that our "reality", and our task as miracle workers is to unmake that reality. And it isn't unmade by unincinerating the people and undemolishing the buildings. 2002 August 19, Deborah, “Re: 'Wrong and evil'”, in talk.religion.course-miracle (Usenet):

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