reclamation
[rek-luh-mey-shuh n]
noun
the reclaiming of desert, marshy, or submerged areas or other wasteland for cultivation or other use.
the act or process of reclaiming.
the state of being reclaimed.
the process or industry of deriving usable materials from waste, by-products, etc.
Origin of reclamation
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Contemporary Examples of reclamation
For them, this is not demolition but reclamation, cleansing the sanctuary that has been profaned by liberals.
Matangi, a reclamation of the brown girl narrative, is a middle finger to you.
M.I.A.’s ‘Matangi’ Is A Defiantly Personal Reclamation of the Brown Girl NarrativeRawiya Kameir
November 8, 2013
He forgot that even the Zionist reclamation project only goes so far.
Historical Examples of reclamation
Then it was that the reclamation of Joe Hollends was determined on.
She had her plan for Roger's reclamation, and was already in love with it.
Marriage la modeMrs. Humphry Ward
The Reclamation Service is an experiment, a magnificent one.
Still JimHonor Willsie Morrow
What was it, say the year before the Reclamation Service went in there?
Still JimHonor Willsie Morrow
Where the means for reclamation fail then separation from society is advocated.
A Plea for the CriminalJames Leslie Allan Kayll
reclamation
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