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Demolish and build, reportedly (4)

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I believe the answer is:

raze

'demolish' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'build reportedly' is the wordplay.
'build' becomes 'raise' (raising is a kind of building).
'reportedly' shows a homophone (sound like).
'raise' sounds like 'RAZE'.

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for raze that I've seen before include "level" , "Tear down and make flat with the ground" , "Tear down and flatten" , "Burn to the ground" , "fell" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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