recaptured

• past participle

  past participle

  A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.

  of recapture.
  recapture

  verb (used with object)

  to capture again; recover by capture; retake.
• past tense form

  past tense

  Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.

  of recapture.
  recapture

  verb (used with object)

  to capture again; recover by capture; retake.

Example Sentences

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recaptured

One Brandt's myotis, Myotis brandtii, was banded in Europe and then recaptured 50 years later.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026

Optical stocks have recaptured investors’ interest lately, but Lumentum’s blowout earnings report is being met with a ho-hum response.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

Over the past year the military junta recaptured much of the territory it had lost to the hundreds of insurgent groups which formed to resist the coup.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

While zookeepers immediately found and recaptured Tango, Samba is still on the loose.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

He no longer talked to the children though; a phase of innocence had passed, which would never be recaptured.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt

Related Words

• reclaim
• recover
• retake
• take back