recapture

[US]/riː'kæptʃə/
[UK]/ˌri'kæptʃɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. capture again; experience again
n. the act of capturing again; the act of experiencing again

Example Sentences

an attempt to recapture the past.

to recapture one's youth

They recaptured their trench.

recapture a position from the enemy

Edward I recaptured the castle.

trying in vain to recapture his past

if only one could recapture one's lost youth.

Burmese troops successfully recaptured the region.

Leeds failed to recapture the form which had swept them to the title.

the programmes give viewers a chance to recapture their own childhoods.

Our troops recaptured the city, but they paid a heavy price for it.

armed police have recaptured a prisoner who's been on the run for five days.

they rearrange what is dead, unresisting material, and I know that even Plutarch will never recapture Alexande.

If I am once put off I find it very difficult to recapture the same train of thought.

Possibly I might be blamed a bit for my truantry, but the recapture of the Hispaniola was a clenching answer, and I hoped that even Captain Smollett would confess I had not lost my time.

Real-world Examples

The offensive to recapture Raqqa has not yet started.

Source: VOA Standard November 2015 Collection

Iraqi and coalition forces recaptured Mosul in 2017.

Source: VOA Special September 2022 Collection

Syrian state television showed images of shattered empty streets in Bouweida, the last village to be recaptured.

Source: BBC Listening Collection June 2013

But recently, government forces recaptured almost all these enclave.

Source: BBC Listening Collection April 2018

And both the genie and the cat, as well as the words we say, cannot be recaptured.

Source: VOA Vocabulary Explanation

So Ukrainian officials claim to have recaptured more than 1,200 square miles since the beginning of September.

Source: NPR News September 2022 Compilation

I don't know. This is all starting to feel like a sad attempt to recapture our youth.

Source: The Big Bang Theory Season 10

The 47-day Argonne Offensive recaptured hundreds of square kilometers.

Source: VOA Video Highlights

None of us has ever questioned that he deserves to be recaptured and handed back to the Dementors.

Source: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Troops recaptured some farm areas along the city's edge.

Source: AP Listening Collection May 2016

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