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recapture

 verb
     
Related topics: Military
re‧cap‧ture [transitive]
1 to bring back the same feelings or qualities that you experienced in the past:
The film really recaptures the atmosphere of those days.
2 to catch a prisoner or animal that has escaped:
He was recaptured after nearly two weeks on the run.
3PM to take control of a place again by fighting for it [= retake]:
an attempt to recapture the city
—recapture noun [uncountable]
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