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v. perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"

cure, heal

v. provide a cure for, make healthy again; "The treatment cured the boy's acne"; "The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to"

redress, right, correct, compensate

v. make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"

remedy, relieve

v. provide relief for; "remedy his illness"

remedy, rectify, amend, set right

v. set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight"

rejuvenate, make youthful, make younger

v. make younger or more youthful; "The contact with his grandchildren rejuvenated him"

animate, enliven, invigorate, liven, liven up, make lively

v. make lively; "let's liven up this room a bit"

renew

v. reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new; "We renewed our friendship after a hiatus of twenty years"; "They renewed their membership"

recondition

v. bring into an improved condition; "He reconditioned the old appliances"

reconstruct, remodel, redo

v. do over, as of (part of) a house; "We are remodeling these rooms"

renovate, restitute

v. restore to a previous or better condition; "They renovated the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel"

freshen up, refurbish, renovate

v. make brighter and prettier; "we refurbished the guest wing"; "My wife wants us to renovate"

rig

v. connect or secure to; "They rigged the bomb to the ignition"

square, square up, make square

v. make square; "Square the circle"; "square the wood with a file"

plumb

v. measure the depth of something

break, bust, cause to break

v. ruin completely; "He busted my radio!"

break up, dismantle, break apart, take apart, disassemble

v. take apart into its constituent pieces

ruin, destroy

v. destroy completely; damage irreparably; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up"

break, damage

v. inflict damage upon; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree"

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