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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
recapture .
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Examples
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The German main line of resistance had been recaptured from the Russians.
Panzer Aces Kurowski, Franz 1992
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River Demer by a successful sortie from Antwerp, murders of civilians were taking place in the villages which the Belgian Army then recaptured from the Germans.
New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, June, 1915 April-September, 1915 Various
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This vessel had been recaptured from a Spanish guarda costa.
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This vessel had been recaptured from a Spanish _guarda costa_.
The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 (of 2) Willis J. Abbot 1898
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Two of the prizes captured by the Southern privateers have been recaptured from the prize crew by the prisoners.
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The colony had lately been recaptured from the Dutch by Sir David Baird and Sir Home Popham, with a well-appointed force of 5,000 men.
James Braithwaite, the Supercargo The Story of his Adventures Ashore and Afloat William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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The Armenian driver - a knowing young man whose family came from the Kodori Gorge region, recaptured from the Georgians a few months earlier - fingered it with interest.
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Speech was soon "recaptured" by governmental and academic institutions, which, said Certeau, restored a hierarchical order rather than creating a more pluralistic structure "called for by the [May] events."
The Quest of Michel de Certeau Davis, Natalie Zemon 2008
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News host Glenn Beck approved - Obama has "recaptured" the appeal that got him elected, "the sense that the country is a family that yearns to be united, not divided."
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Second, they are allowed to deduct depreciation on the rental property, but that depreciation will be "recaptured" and taxed at up to 25% when they sell.
Forbes.com: News John W. Roth 2010
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