to reconquer
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7.7
- verb
- /ˌriːˈkɒŋkər/
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reconquistar
- Heading for Jerusalem... to reconquer the Holy Land.
Because they had reconquered Portugal from the Moors, they'd taken over all the Moorish estates.
- Because they had reconquered Portugal from the Moors, they'd taken over all the Moorish estates.
Examples
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What of the Gulf War, then, or for that matter Britain's war to reconquer the Falklands?
Academic text (1994) -
No triumph had been held since Michael VIII reconquered the city from the Latins in 1261.
Blog text (32) -
We had to reconquer the territory every day.
Blog text (29) -
In exchange, Germany would assist Mexico "to reconquer the lost territory in New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona."
Academic text (2004) -
Nevertheless, very few Israelis advocate reconquering the cities of the West Bank.
Academic text (2013) -
He is to cross the Strait of Messina and reconquer Italy from the Ostrogoths.
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Because they had reconquered Portugal from the Moors, they'd taken over all the Moorish estates.
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To reconquer Native America by selling—and thus owning—a commodity casts American Indians back into an adversarial role.
Academic text (2002) -
Sultan az-Zahir Baybars, a Turk aided by the military forces of the Mamluks, was, after 1263, reconquering the lands of the Latin Kingdom.
Academic text (2008) -
In 1912, during the first Balkan War, Serbia aimed to reconquer Kosova from the Turks.
Synonyms
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3.3
To get something back after losing it
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3.4
Get back someone or something you lost
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4.6
To take back control of a place after it was lost
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5.6
To return to a place or job and be there again
Enter an area again after people clear it or leave
To bring a country or its people back under rule by another country
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Etymology
Reconquer starts with re- meaning 'again' and uses conquer meaning 'to win or take control'. So, reconquer means to 'take back' or 'win again' territory you once lost.