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undestroy

undestroy verb: to undo the destruction of; to restore or recreate.

Verb

undestroy (third-person singular simple present undestroys, present participle undestroying, simple past and past participle undestroyed)

  1. (transitive) To undo the destruction of; to restore or recreate.
    • People could then UNDESTROY files which they had deleted by mistake.1975, Newsletter, volumes 5-8, University of Michigan Computing Center, page 4
    • Do you think we should be getting into how to undestroy it or put it back to normal?1993, Elwood Babbitt, Perfect Health: Accept No Substitutes

Forms of undestroy

third-person singular presentundestroys
present participleundestroying
past participleundestroyed
pastundestroyed

Origin of undestroy

From un- + destroy.

Questions about undestroy

What does undestroy mean?
Undestroy means to undo the destruction of; to restore or recreate.
What part of speech is undestroy?
Undestroy is a verb.
What is the past tense of undestroy?
The past tense of undestroy is undestroyed.

Words near undestroy in the dictionary

  1. undesponding
  2. undespondingly
  3. undespotic
  4. undestined
  5. undestitute
  6. undestroy
  7. undestroyable
  8. undestroyed
  9. undestroying
  10. undestroys
  11. undestructable

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