reenforce
Americanverb (used with object)
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Two fresh Indian brigades, supported by mountain artillery and heavy mortars, were rushed to reenforce Towang.
From Time Magazine Archive
Wars tend to reenforce national stereotypes and to harden ideologies.
From Time Magazine Archive
From streets, from factories, from jails went forth thousands of volunteers and conscripts to reenforce desperate, haggard foresters.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Teutons were especially disinclined to allow the former; it was obvious that they wanted to reenforce the Italian and the western fronts with the soldiers they had to spare on the Russian fronts.
Delaherche rose from his chair, for he had reached the point where the dramatic interest of his story culminated, and it became necessary to reenforce words by gestures.
From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VIII (of X) - Continental Europe II. by Lodge, Henry Cabot
The talk from Vogel just reenforced how Westbrook himself felt about his game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2021
This tendency is further reenforced by a generous tax subsidy to companies that pay their employees partially in the form of health insurance.
From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2012
One of the doctors' orders, which had been violated last week and would be rigidly reenforced: Ike's midday break of 2? hours for lunch and a nap.
From Time Magazine Archive
Like the ist, the 6th was reenforced with artillery, tanks, engineers, pioneers, medicos, service troops.
From Time Magazine Archive
Around my room, growing stacks of paperback books reenforced my assurance.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
During battle, these assignments are not changed; vacancies are filled by noncommissioned officers of the platoon or by the nearest available officers or noncommissioned officers arriving with reenforcing troops.
From Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Infantry of the Army of the United States, 1917 To be used by Engineer companies (dismounted) and Coast Artillery companies for Infantry instruction and training by United States War Department
Attributing a profoundly moral trait to God made it of more consequence forthwith for man, and thus the conceptions of man and God went along together reenforcing each the other.
From Understanding the Scriptures by McConnell, Francis John
The major posts himself so as best to direct the reenforcing of the firing line from the support.
From Infantry Drill Regulations, United States Army, 1911 Corrected to April 15, 1917 (Changes Nos. 1 to 19) by Department, United States War
The reenforcing of the firing line by driblets of a squad or a few men has no appreciable effect.
From Infantry Drill Regulations, United States Army, 1911 Corrected to April 15, 1917 (Changes Nos. 1 to 19) by Department, United States War
Costigan knew well and respected highly the Nevian scientist-captain, and at his suggestion much time was spent in reenforcing the super-ship's armament to the iron-driven limit of theoretical and mechanical possibility.
From Triplanetary by Smith, E. E. (Edward Elmer)
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