reunify
Britishverb
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Explanation
To reunify is to bring a divided group back together in agreement or peace. Peace talks between feuding former allies are meant to reunify them. The verb reunify is generally used in a political context, to describe what happens when two countries at war sign a truce, or when a divided territory is brought back together. Various events of the 1980s helped East and West Germany reunify, for example. The roots of this word are the "again" prefix re- and the Late Latin unificare, "make one."
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On Friday, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said the time had come to reunify the eastern and western administrations, hinting that an announcement could come soon.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
“If peace talks do not soon gain momentum, it will grow ever harder to reunify the country.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2025
Lawsuits quickly followed, and the policy was rescinded several weeks into its implementation, though the federal government spent years struggling to find and reunify separated parents and children.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2025
He played star Nick Rivers, sucked into an East German plot to reunify Germany.
From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2025
The Illinois State Museum, which holds remains from about 7,000 individuals, is prepared to reunify 1,100 of them with their tribes, according to Brooke Morgan, the museum’s curator of anthropology.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 17, 2023
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