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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

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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

I’ve got sort of the car trajectory, which is finding it, buying it, repairing it and learning how to drive it, and then driving it.

From Los Angeles Times • 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

He saw maids hanging out wash, and someone seemed to be repairing a roof.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer

repairing

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