reconstructing

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present participle of

to build or create again something that has been damaged or destroyed:

The post-war government had the enormous task of reconstructing the city.

to change a system or organization completely, so that it works more effectively:

They were given the task of reconstructing the city's public transport system.

If you reconstruct something that has happened in the past, you combine a lot of information in order to get a complete description of what happened:

The police tried to reconstruct the crime using the statements of witnesses.