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re-taken
verb as in recover
verb as in regain
verb as in repossess
verb as in resume
verb as in recapture
verb as in reassume
verb as in reoccupy
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Page 156: "Germas" changed to "Germans" (re-taken by the Germans).
The latter was arrested at Martham on the 16th, and on the following day Large was re-taken.
After a siege it was re-taken from Saladin in 1191, and held for a century.
Escaped elephants are re-taken without trouble; even experience does not bring them wisdom.
Houses and villages were taken and re-taken at the point of the bayonet, as many as seven times.
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On this page you'll find 169 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to re-taken, such as: get back, reclaim, recoup, regain, repair, and rescue.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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