unreconstruct

Verb

unreconstruct (third-person singular simple present unreconstructs, present participle unreconstructing, simple past and past participle unreconstructed)

1. To reverse or undo the effects of reconstruction.
   • It is interesting that in cases where the surface does not have the geometry and periodicity of the bulk-terminated plane, the interaction of hydrogen with surface atoms is strong enough to unreconstruct the complicated reconstruction patterns.1988, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of Electronics, RLE Progress Report - Issue 131, page 83
   • The argument for describing these surfaces as bulk terminated, as chlorine adsorption is known to unreconstruct silicon surfaces, was presented in chapter 1.1997, Carlotta Marie Paulsen-Boaz, The Carrier-mediated Photodesorption Reaction on Chlorinated Silicon Surfaces