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jerry-build

[jer-ee-bild] / ˈdʒɛr iˌbɪld /
VERB
build
Synonyms
STRONGEST
assemble erect evolve form make manufacture produce raise reconstruct set up
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carpenter cast compile compose contrive engineer fabricate fashion forge frame model prefabricate rear sculpture synthesize
WEAK
bring about fit together knock together put together put up superstruct throw together throw up
Antonyms
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conclude decrease destroy finish halt neglect raze ruin stop
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demolish disperse scatter separate wreck
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decelerate dismantle knock down overthrow overturn take down

Example Sentences

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Fortunately, the practical difficulties in acquiring precisely the right materials, not to mention the engineering know-how to jerry-build a nuclear device successfully, make this type of threat highly unlikely.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Belgian license plate is too large for the plate holder of the small Italian Fiat 600, and Belgian importers must jerry-build other arrangements.

From Time Magazine Archive

That drive left him with supporters in every state, whom he can begin early to shape into the kind of national organization he had to jerry-build from scratch in 1984.

From Time Magazine Archive

It cannot rightly be represented as trying either to sell new lamps for old, or to jerry-build a new metaphysical system on the ruins of all previous achievements.

From Pragmatism by Murray, D. L.

Aĉa = nasty; domaĉo = a hovel; veteraĉo = vile weather; ĉapelaĉo = a shabby hat; fuŝkonstrui, or, konstruaĉi = to jerry-build.

From The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary by Cox, George