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undestroying

undestroying is the present participle and gerund of undestroy.

Meaning of undestroy

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

Questions about undestroying

What is undestroying the present participle and gerund of?
Undestroying is the present participle and gerund of undestroy.

Words near undestroying in the dictionary

  1. undestined
  2. undestitute
  3. undestroy
  4. undestroyable
  5. undestroyed
  6. undestroying
  7. undestroys
  8. undestructable
  9. undestructibility
  10. undestructible
  11. undestructive

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