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repairing

ADJECTIVE
improving
Synonyms
STRONGEST
developing
STRONG
bettering correcting elaborating fixing remodeling
WEAK
convalescent
ADJECTIVE
remedial
Synonyms
STRONGEST
corrective therapeutic
WEAK
alleviative antidotal antiseptic curative curing health-giving healthful invigorating medicating medicinal purifying recuperative reformative remedying restitutive sanative sanatory solving soothing tonic treating vulnerary wholesome
Antonyms
STRONGEST
harmful hurtful injurious
WEAK
damaging
NOUN
adjustment
Synonyms
STRONGEST
alteration arrangement improvement modification readjustment regulation
STRONG
acclimation acclimatization balancing conformance fitting fixing mending ordering organization orientation redress regulating setting shaping standardization turning
WEAK
correcting organizing
NOUN
fixing
Synonyms
STRONG
adapting adjusting adjustment arranging mending ordering
NOUN
mending
Synonyms
STRONG
adjustment alteration ameliorating bettering correcting curing enhancing fixing freshening helping rebuilding rectifying refreshing relieving remedying remodeling renewing renovating renovation repair restoration reviving tinkering
WEAK
patching up
Antonyms
STRONG
neglect

Example Sentences

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Older cities, such as Philadelphia, Baltimore and Milwaukee, face some of the biggest potential burdens for repairing and updating their infrastructure, the study found.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

Additionally, radiation in space can damage chips, and repairing hardware in space is much more difficult than on Earth.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026

His team focused on the biological processes involved in repairing blood vessels in the brain after injury.

From Science Daily • Apr. 26, 2026

Warsh understands this, and is dedicated to repairing the damage.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

Hector carefully removes the bird, the damaged bars repairing as he sets the cage down.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern