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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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