reverse engineer
verb
reverse engineered; reverse engineering; reverse engineers
: to disassemble and examine or analyze in detail (a product or device) to discover the concepts involved in manufacture usually in order to produce something similar
reverse engineering
noun
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They reverse engineered the software.
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In the case of the Alan Mann Racing 68 Edition, that meant taking apart and laser scanning every component of Ford’s 1968 championship winner—still looked after by Henry Mann—then creating a CAD model to reverse engineer an exact replica.
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Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 28 May 2025
Then, reverse engineer a roadmap to increase your valuation over the next 12 months.
—Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
By analyzing the waves, scientists can reverse engineer a map of Earth’s innards, Hua says.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 17 Apr. 2025
Everything was built and reverse engineered around that idea of a scene.
—Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 6 Apr. 2025
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Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 28 May 2025
Then, reverse engineer a roadmap to increase your valuation over the next 12 months.
—Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
By analyzing the waves, scientists can reverse engineer a map of Earth’s innards, Hua says.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 17 Apr. 2025
Everything was built and reverse engineered around that idea of a scene.
—Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 6 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for reverse engineer
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“Reverse engineer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reverse%20engineer. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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