re-form
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of re-form
1300–50; Middle English; originally identical with reform
Example Sentences
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The end of the RNA strand remains water-free and can spontaneously re-form new RNA bonds.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 22, 2024
It can form, melt and re-form multiple times a season — and exactly how it manifests is different each time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2024
These materials can then be melted and remade again and again because the cross-linkers can break and re-form their bonds.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 1, 2023
Some of these animals have complex diets in the wild; some live in groups that break up and then re-form; and some are domesticated.
From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2023
Glittering clouds of gorgon essence struggled to re-form, but •the river pulled them apart like a blender.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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