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

Matt Schnaars, president of platform distribution and partnerships for NBCUniversal, reinforced Shapiro’s observations in a separate session.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
The audience response has reinforced interest in experiencing independent films on the big screen and helped inform ABFF’s expansion into theatrical distribution.

— Brent Lang, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of reinforce

Verb

The judge also found the city liable because Harris had final authority to enforce the public-participation policy during council meetings.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026
SpaceX agreed to testify earlier this week after the council threatened to have its subpoena enforced by a judge.

— Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of enforce

Verb

There is a naturalistic aesthetic to the film, augmented by the locations, the costumes and the hair and makeup design.

— Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
Enabling that mode augments the on-device scam detection first shipped in March 2025, adding cloud analysis run in Google’s Private AI Compute environment.

— Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of augment

Verb

Consulting, contract, or part-time work can supplement your income without requiring you to resume a full-time job.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Oct. 2026
The nutritionist recommended one bottle of formula per day to supplement her intake, then two, and then multiple bottles per day.

— Raj Panjabi, Time, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of supplement

Verb

Doctors in Aleppo later reported a pattern of regime snipers shooting to maim civilians, rather than to kill them—partly to maximize suffering, partly to invite rescue attempts.

— Ben Taub, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Today, Citroën’s advanced CAD techniques have managed to improve that legacy even more, optimizing structural geometry to maximize interior volume and minimizing weight.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of maximize

Verb

There may have been little place for critique in his early images of the luxe life, but their satirical edge sharpened over time, hitting a peak in a spoof of tabloid sensationalism in the September, 1962, issue.

— Vince Aletti, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026
Many nights, MacArthur turned to these books, often choosing challenging texts to sharpen his mind; light-hearted fiction was conspicuously absent.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of sharpen

Verb

Google’s November 13, 2025 holiday shopping update began rolling out agentic checkout and emphasized the scale of its Shopping Graph, with more than 50 billion product listings and 2 billion refreshed every hour.

— Lauren Schuster, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2026
The collectibles industry, once a niche hobby, has boomed since the pandemic with the help of marketing that emphasizes huge potential monetary wins.

— Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 16 Oct. 2026

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