refasten

verb

Definition of refastennext
as in to reattach

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for refasten
  1. reattach
  2. resecure
  3. reconnect
  4. rejoin
  5. reunite
  6. reunify
  7. connect
Verb
  • Five and a half hours after beginning the spacewalk, Williams and Meir were able to reattach the LEE cluster as planned.
    — William Harwood, CBS News, 30 June 2026
  • Turn your lawnmower upright and reattach the spark plug or battery.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 8 June 2026
Definition of reattach
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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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  • 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
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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
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
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
Verb
  • 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
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