Associations to the word «Recapture»
Noun
- Counterattack
- Privateer
- Ottomans
- Byzantine
- Brig
- Offensive
- Ottoman
- Guadalcanal
- Chang
- Sloop
- Rebel
- Crusade
- Constantinople
- Crusader
- Capture
- Escape
- Tang
- Maratha
- Reinforcement
- Siege
- Turk
- Counter
- Guerrilla
- Mughal
- Royalist
- Loyalist
- Allies
- Militant
- Justinian
- Fugitive
- Pawn
- Frigate
- Stronghold
- Troop
- Seoul
- Insurgent
- Levant
- Syrian
- Tunis
- Prisoner
- Garrison
- Jerusalem
- Fortress
- Baghdad
- Cutter
- Force
- Retreated
- Territory
- Picket
- Army
- Burma
- Li
- Fort
- Kabul
- Slave
- Gunboat
- Prefecture
- Belgrade
- Tripoli
- Tal
- Pasha
- Dutch
- Battle
- Shah
- German
- Gestapo
- Surrender
Adjective
Wiktionary
RECAPTURE, noun. The act of capturing again.
RECAPTURE, noun. That which is captured back; a prize retaken.
RECAPTURE, verb. To capture something for a second or subsequent time, especially after a loss
Dictionary definition
RECAPTURE, noun. A legal seizure by the government of profits beyond a fixed amount.
RECAPTURE, noun. The act of taking something back.
RECAPTURE, verb. Experience anew; "She could not recapture that feeling of happiness".
RECAPTURE, verb. Take up anew; "The author recaptures an old idea here".
RECAPTURE, verb. Take back by force, as after a battle; "The military forces managed to recapture the fort".
RECAPTURE, verb. Capture again; "recapture the escaped prisoner".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.