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re·in·vade | \ (ˌ)rē-in-ˈvād 
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\reinvaded; reinvading
Definition of reinvade
: 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
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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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The first known use of reinvade was in 1611
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