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Antonyms for re-captured
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ree-kap-cher |
| Phonetic Transcription : riˈkæp tʃər |
Definition of re-captured
Origin :- 1680s; see re- "back, again" + capture (n.).
- As in recover : verb find again
- As in redeem : verb recover possession
- As in regain : verb get back, get back to
- As in repossess : verb take back
- As in rescue : verb save from danger
- As in retrieve : verb get back
- As in recapture : verb regain
- They re-captured the sole traverse the enemy had been able to take from them.
- Extract from : « The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete » by Duc de Saint-Simon
- It was found necessary to send for reinforcements if the trench was to be re-captured.
- Extract from : « Over the top with the 25th » by R. Lewis
- Sweden had captured Norway, but now Norway re-captured Sweden.
- Extract from : « The Growth of a Soul » by August Strindberg
- Finally it was re-captured by a mere cavalry patrol of the Turks.
- Extract from : « The Balkan Peninsula » by Frank Fox
- It was while attempting this that they were seen by a German patrol and re-captured.
- Extract from : « 13 Days » by John Alan Lyde Caunter
- She leading, and the two re-captured whalers following, they stood towards it.
- Extract from : « The Two Shipmates » by William H. G. Kingston
- But we were now drawing through the water, and as the re-captured vessels were three miles ahead of us, there was nothing to fear.
- Extract from : « Percival Keene » by Frederick Marryat
- List of Grilse marked after having spawned, and re-captured as Salmon, on their second ascent from the Sea.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 53, No. 331, May, 1843 » by Various
- John Coleby alias “Jack Sheppard,” who had recently broken out of gaol, had been re-captured.
- Extract from : « Yarmouth Notes » by Frederick Danby Palmer
- Con was arrested, escaped, was re-captured, and sent a prisoner to Dublin.
- Extract from : « Ireland Under the Tudors, Vol. II (of 3) » by Richard Bagwell
Synonyms for re-captured
- achieve
- attain
- bail one out
- balance
- bring back
- buy back
- buy off
- call in
- cash
- cash in
- catch up
- change
- compass
- compensate
- conserve
- cover
- defray
- deliver
- discharge
- disembarrass
- disentangle
- emancipate
- exchange
- extricate
- fetch
- free
- gain
- get back
- get off the hook
- get out
- get out from under
- get out of hock
- get well
- give a break
- hold over
- keep
- liberate
- make good
- make well
- manumit
- obtain again
- offset
- pay off
- preserve
- protect
- pull out of the fire
- purchase
- ransom
- reach
- reach again
- reacquire
- reattain
- recall
- recapture
- reclaim
- recollect
- recoup
- recover
- recruit
- redeem
- rediscover
- reexperience
- regain
- reinstate
- release
- remember
- reoccupy
- repair
- repay
- replevin
- replevy
- repossess
- repurchase
- rescue
- restore
- resume
- retain
- retake
- retrieve
- return to
- safeguard
- salvage
- save
- save life of
- set free
- settle
- spring
- take back
- take in
- trade in
- unleash
- unloose
- win back
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