to reinvade

Examples

• All

• After years of conflict, the country feared that neighboring troops might reinvade and disrupt the fragile peace.

• In 2021, tensions escalated, leading the foreign forces to reinvade the disputed region and assert control once more.

• The general warned that if negotiations failed, they would have no choice but to reinvade to restore order.

Synonyms

I

to invade

vsto reinvade

380 4.4

To enter another country with soldiers to take control

enters again rather than doing so for the first time

O

to occupy

vsto reinvade

324 5.9

To take control of a place, often by force

focuses on taking and holding territory rather than entering again

O

to overrun

vsto reinvade

20 7.0

Take control of a place by force, usually quickly

is less about sudden total seizure and instead means entering again

R

to recolonize

vsto reinvade

• Formal

8.8

To bring a country or its people back under rule by another country

is about entering again rather than restoring external colonial political control

Antonyms

W

to withdraw

466 2.8

To stop taking part in a place or activity

E

to evacuate

344 4.1

To move people out of a place because it is dangerous, for example during a fire

How Forceful

to reinvade

1 7.4

to occupy

324 5.9

to invade

380 4.4

to enter

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology