recolonize
/riˈkɑləˌnaɪz/
verb
- To establish control or settlement over a place again, especially by a foreign power.
- The country tried to recolonize the territory it had lost in the war.
- The empire's attempt to recolonize the region failed due to local resistance.
- Some historians argue that economic policies can recolonize former colonies.
- To return and live or grow again in an area after having disappeared from it (used for animals, plants, or other organisms).
- Beavers have begun to recolonize rivers where they were hunted to extinction.
- The reintroduction program helped the endangered fish recolonize the lake.
- After the volcano erupted, lichens were the first organisms to recolonize the lava fields.
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