SINCE 1828
reinvade
verb
re·in·vade
| \ (ˌ)rē-in-ˈvād
\
\
reinvaded;
reinvading
Definition of reinvade
verb, transitive + intransitive
: to invade (something) again
… will show American industry how to exploit new technology faster and reinvade lost markets.— Brian O'Reilly The cultivated patches would have been abandoned after a couple of years as … weeds reinvaded and made clearing too difficult.— Clive Ponting
Other Words from reinvade
reinvasion
\ (ˌ)rē-in-ˈvā-zhən
\
noun,
plural reinvasions
\
noun,
plural reinvasions
… declared invasive yellow fever-carrying … mosquitoes eradicated in 1958, only to experience reinvasion in the decades to follow.
— Robert Lamb
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