REFASTEN Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

refasten

verb

Definition of refasten

as in to reattach

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Baker's husband was waiting for surgery to reattach the piece of his ear when the trooper left the hospital.

— Ana Maria Soler, CBS News, 19 Aug. 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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Might be nice to reconnect; might also be absolutely diabolical running into each other in the crisps aisle at Waitrose.

— Lauren O’Neill, Vogue, 22 Aug. 2026
And one of the big questions and challenges for the club going into this new season is to finally reconnect.

— Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of reconnect

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Over the last five years, since rejoining the Formula 1 calendar in 2021, the Dutch Grand Prix and Circuit Zandvoort have been one of the sport’s success stories.

— Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026
For about 16 minutes following another practice Vea watched, Vea stood at a podium in a conference room wearing sunglasses and his hat on backward but looking forward to rejoining his teammates on the field.

— Rick Stroud, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of rejoin

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China would like to annex Taiwan or reunify it with the mainland, according to the Chinese narrative.

— Rakesh Kumar, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026
In a New Year’s address, Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged to reunify the two countries and has insisted that other countries not officially recognize Taipei in order to maintain diplomatic ties with Beijing.

— News Desk, Artforum, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of reunify

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But alongside it, and in dialogue with it, is a shadow that’s closely connected to another set of ideas, which says, actually people are not equal.

— John Blake, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
Scientists have developed a technique called eGRASP, which makes a connection glow green only where a neuron tagged during learning is connected to another neuron tagged during the same learning event.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 22 Aug. 2026

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