reconquer
verb (used with object)
to conquer again.
reconquered
Example Sentences
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He is clearly hoping to include more reconquered territory in the third stage of the election at the end of January.
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2025
Up north, the capital of Kyiv remains free, and the Ukrainian army has even reconquered some key neighborhoods and forced Russian troops further away from that beleaguered city.
From Salon ● Mar. 24, 2022
This three-part ensemble represented a Syria made by millennia of inhabitation, conquered and reconquered by empires and dynasties.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 29, 2020
Humar categorized comments in a spreadsheet, marking things that might appear innocuous but were actually dog whistles — like references to Zuo Zongtang, a general who reconquered Xinjiang during the Qing dynasty.
From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2020
He told me that he had overthrown General Ffangg and reconquered Lyttyrboks with lightning speed—only to have been betrayed.
From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth
