reclaim

[US]/rɪˈkleɪm/
[UK]/rɪˈkleɪm/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. demand the return of; cultivate (wasteland); recover useful materials from waste; correct; educate and reform.

Phrases & Collocations

reclaim lost territory

reclaim unused land

reclaim natural resources

Example Sentences

reclaim sb. from vice

It is incumbent on me to reclaim him.

reclaim land from the sea

you can reclaim £25 of the £435 deducted.

reclaim valuable materials from wastes

to reclaim rubber from old tires

reclaim marshlands; reclaim strip-mined land.

societies for reclaiming beggars and prostitutes.

They reclaimed him from his evil ways.

People here are reclaim-ing land from the sea.

Many sufferers have been reclaimed from a dependence on alcohol.

I have tried to reclaim my money without success.

when Dennis emerged I reclaimed my room.

He has invented a new method to reclaim valuable raw materials from industrial waste water.

It is the art of an Aboriginal group with an extensive and highly destructive contact history who are reclaiming their Aboriginality through the creation of their own modern, urban art form.

From above results, the conclusion can be inferred as follows: When desert is reclaimed into holt, farmland and residential area, rodent community wouid show the trend of eremium to culture community.

As the palace collapsed, and as Xizor died high in orbit under the guns of Vader's Super Star Destroyer, Guri escaped in a parawing glider and reclaimed her vessel.

Mrs. Saddletree saw the house freed of her importunate visitors, and the little boy reclaimed from the pastimes of the wind to the exercise of the awl .

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