recapture

recapture
[[t]ri͟ːkæ̱ptʃə(r)[/t]]
recaptures, recapturing, recaptured
1) VERB When soldiers recapture an area of land or a place, they gain control of it again from an opposing army who had taken it from them.

[V n] They said the bodies were found when rebels recaptured the area.

Syn:
N-SING: usu N of n
Recapture is also a noun.

...an offensive to be launched for the recapture of the city.

2) VERB When people recapture something that they have lost to a competitor, they get it back again.

[V n] I do genuinely believe that he would be the best possibility to recapture the centre vote and also the youngsters' vote in the forthcoming election.

Syn:
3) VERB To recapture a person or animal which has escaped from somewhere means to catch them again.

[V n] Police have recaptured Alan Lord, who escaped from a police cell in Bolton.

N-SING: usu n of n
Recapture is also a noun.

...the recapture of a renegade police chief in Panama.

4) VERB When you recapture something such as an experience, emotion, or a quality that you had in the past, you experience it again. When something recaptures an experience for you, it makes you remember it.

[V n] He couldn't recapture the form he'd shown in getting to the semi-final...

[V n] These cookies seem to recapture all the textures and flavors we remember from childhood.


English dictionary. 2008.

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