reinstall
Britishverb
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to put in place and connect (machinery, equipment, etc) again
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to install (computer software) again, usually to solve a technical problem
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to put (someone) back in a position, rank, etc
Trinidad reinstalled him against Honduras
Example Sentences
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Repairs to the rolling equipment and the motors that power it are mostly being made on-site, he said, requiring less time than if the equipment had to be removed, fixed and reinstalled.
It later denied a second permit to reinstall the statue.
From Los Angeles Times
Instead, they had to pay upward of tens of thousands of dollars to fix damaged septic systems, reinstall their own power poles and repave the asphalt melted from private roads.
From Los Angeles Times
Two Wright-designed sofa tables, which the architect had said he considered “part of the house design itself,” were reinstalled.
From Los Angeles Times
A Paddington statue that was ripped from a bench by two RAF engineers is to be reinstalled.
From BBC
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