REATTACH Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

reattach

verb

Definition of reattach

as in to reconnect

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Recent Examples of reattach The airliner returned to the skies because the NTSB determined that maintenance workers damaged the plane that crashed while improperly using a forklift to reattach the engine. — ABC News, 18 May 2026 Surgeons were unable to reattach them. — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026 Surgeons were able to successfully reattach her hand following the attack. — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 6 Apr. 2026 After the surgery to reattach her Achilles, her doctor left for a two-week vacation while Giese was at home recuperating, studiously following the doctor’s after-care guidelines. — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for reattach

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Families are using travel to celebrate milestones, reconnect across generations or simply spend uninterrupted time together.

— Judy Koutsky, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
This summer a group of Indigenous Taiwanese modern-day voyagers decided to recreate the journey in a large rowboat from one of Taiwan’s islands all the way to the Philippines in an effort to reconnect with their ancient seafaring heritage.

— Greg Dixon, NPR, 24 July 2026

Definition of reconnect

Verb

Remarkably, once the gene is shuttled inside the cell, its two halves recombine around 90% of the time and produce a functional copy of the gene.

— Juergen Eckhardt, Forbes.com, 19 May 2026
Strain poaching liquid and recombine chicken and poaching liquid in an airtight container.

— Rebecca Firkser, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 May 2026

Definition of recombine

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After the experimental period, Windermere was allowed to pull away from its Independent schedule and East River was also offered some leeway, and the Falcons have rejoined FHSAA district play for this season.

— Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 July 2026
James won back-to-back championships in 2012 and 2013 before leaving Miami to rejoin the Cavaliers in 2014.

— Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 24 July 2026

Definition of rejoin

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Powell stars as a man offing his obscenely wealthy family to resecure an inheritance.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 4 Dec. 2025
If a data breach does happen, the Ultimate Security suite offers a white-glove service to guide you through steps to resecure your information.

— Advertising Content From Bitdefender, PCMAG, 1 May 2023

Definition of resecure

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Now, Sedalia is connected via major highways 50 and 65, which Imhauser said brings in a huge amount of traffic.

— Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026
The Bab el-Mandeb Strait, at the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula, is another vital shipping chokepoint, connecting the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 25 July 2026

Definition of connect

Verb

Sugar’s purpose in this earthly life — to reunite lost families in the City of Angels — is crumbling under the maddening impossibility of convicting a policeman of a crime in a world where the crime is the point.

— Andy Andersen, Vulture, 24 July 2026
Nicholas Galitzine stars as Prince Adam – and his buff alter ego He-Man – who returns to his homeland of Eternia to reunite with old friends and battle evil, over-the-top Skeletor (Jared Leto).

— Brian Truitt, USA Today, 24 July 2026

Definition of reunite

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The heat, the humidity, and the mile-high altitude of Mexico City would combine to create a tournament of bad football.

— Michael Cox, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Ease on the power (there are five levels of assist), and the ride improves as the pedals combine with the rear hub, which is nearly silent at lower settings and emits only a slight whir at full power.

— William Roberson, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of combine

Verb

On June 25, 1950, North Korean forces invaded South Korea in an attempt to reunify the peninsula under communist rule.

— Ethan Teekah, Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 June 2026
Since the 1950s, governments in both North and South Korea have aimed to reunify the peninsula as one Korea.

— Kelly Kasulis Cho, Christian Science Monitor, 19 May 2026

Definition of reunify

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