undemolish

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ demolish.

Verb

undemolish (third-person singular simple present undemolishes, present participle undemolishing, simple past and past participle undemolished)

1. (transitive, rare) To undo the demolition of.
   • 2002 August 19, Deborah, “Re: 'Wrong and evil'”, in talk.religion.course-miracle‎^[1] (Usenet):

     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.

   • 2010, Richard L. Hasen, Remedies: Examples and Explanations, New York, NY: Aspen Publishers, →ISBN, page 186:

     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

   • 2012, James Vandezande, Eddy Krygiel, Phil Read, “Groups and Phasing”, in Autodesk Revit Architecture 2013 Essentials, Indianapolis, IN: Wiley, →ISBN, page 207:

     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.

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