C1 [ U ] the process of building or creating something again that has been damaged or destroyed:
Post-war economic reconstruction in the country must begin with the resumption of agricultural production.
C2 [ C ] an attempt to get a complete description of an event using the information available, or an attempt to repeat what happened during the event:
A dramatized reconstruction of the robbery was shown on television to try to make people remember information that would help the police.
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