RESTRENGTHEN Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

restrengthen

verb

Definition of restrengthen

as in to reinforce

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Recent Examples of restrengthen Storms could restrengthen in the afternoon, with heavy downpours remaining possible. — Kansas City Star, 11 Aug. 2025 Still, Fred could restrengthen and deliver tropical storm conditions to the Florida Keys as early as this weekend and more of the Southeast early next week, the NHC says. — Judson Jones, CNN, 12 Aug. 2021 Moving across the northwestern Caribbean on Friday, Eta was expected to restrengthen to a tropical storm. — NBC News, 6 Nov. 2020 After impacting the Yucatán, the storm is expected to restrengthen over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico before turning north toward the northern Gulf Coast. — John Muyskens, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2020 However, forecasters added on Wednesday afternoon that Paulette could restrengthen some next week. — Leigh Morgan, al, 9 Sep. 2020

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Verb

And by engaging with these powerful militaries, the group reinforced its self-image as a major regional player that was uniquely capable of liberating the Muslim world from corrupting American and Israeli influence.

— April Longley Alley, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2026
That experience reinforced for me that Florida needs a clearer, more consistent process for people seeking to regain rights after completing their sentences.

— José Javier Rodríguez, Sun Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of reinforce

Verb

Ramco had been asking the judge to either appoint a receiver or enforce a settlement agreement in which the hospitals’ owners would work to sell them to Insight Health Systems and Prasad would step down as CEO.

— Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026
Once a restraining order has been issued, law officers can be called to enforce it, the guide said.

— Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of enforce

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Fashion, after all, has the power to augment the public’s perception of a public figure.

— José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 9 Sep. 2026
Bathed in the shifting light from the screen, the orchestra’s movements and playing functioned like a second drama unfolding onstage, augmenting and mirroring the original film.

— Caitlin White, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of augment

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Their first order of business focused on maximizing the draft pick former president of basketball operations Daryl Morey had left them after trading Jared McCain to the Oklahoma City Thunder.

— Tony Jones, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
In reinforcement learning, an AI model learns, by trial and error, to maximize a reward that the person training the model establishes.

— Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of maximize

Verb

At Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine, our faculty developed an AI Patient Actor to help medical-school students sharpen their communication and interpersonal skills with the benefit of real-time feedback.

— Sian Leah Beilock, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2026
The fruit’s naturally bitter edge is sharpened by pimento, giving the opening a subtle kick, while patchouli, vetiver, and moss bring a deeper, earthier dimension.

— Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of sharpen

Verb

At the separate meetings with Hun Sen and Hun Manet, Min Aung Hlaing emphasized that Myanmar was working to strengthen cooperation within ASEAN, MRTV said.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2026
Scholarly writing about slavery in the Americas—which has mostly centered on Black enslavement—has emphasized its economic value in building plantations, wealth, and American capitalism.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026

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