to reinvade
- verb
- /ˌriːɪnˈveɪd/
- In one study, they determined how quickly other termites would reinvade an area after a single colony had been eliminated.
Examples
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The cultivated patches would have been abandoned after a couple of years as soil nutrients were depleted and as weeds reinvaded, making clearing too difficult.
Academic text (1990) -
To prevent drug trafficking, authorities planned to reinvade neighborhoods that had recently seen a resurgence in crime.
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How would it reinvade the spaces that we have been occupying?
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Full support will be given to Israeli forces to reinvade PLO-controlled areas, with military assistance offered where necessary.
Blog text (26) -
Resolution 1402 demands an immediate Israeli withdrawal from all Palestinian cities reinvaded since March 29, 2002.
Academic text (2002) -
After the peace talks failed, the army decided to reinvade the previously occupied territory to restore order.
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The scientists studied how quickly the species could reinvade the area after being removed during the cleanup process.
Synonyms
To take back control of a place after it was lost
To go back into a place or situation after leaving it
To return to a place or job and be there again
To take back land that was lost in a war
Antonyms
To move people out of a place because it is dangerous, for example during a fire
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Morphology
Etymology
The word reinvade comes from re- ('again') plus invade ('to enter'), and you can picture pests 'invading' a house like soldiers. That's why reinvade also means animals or insects come back and occupy a place again.