retaken
Speech parts
1. retaken - Adjective
2. retaken - Verb
Derived from retake
Meaning
retaken
Taken again.
retaken
past participle of retake
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Examples
But Louis XIV was now thrown on the defensive, and the war of the Spanish Succession saw the gradual wane of Vauban's influence, as his fortresses were taken and retaken.
A new Ottoman army under Mahmud Pasha then forced Corvinus to withdraw, but Jajce was not retaken for many years after.
By the time the fleet had regrouped, the British fleet had realised the diversion that had deceived them and had retaken their position in the Channel.
By February, most of Italian Somaliland was captured and in March, British Somaliland was retaken from the sea.
Both objectives were retaken, but only temporarily.
Corral missed the extra point attempt, but the Rams had retaken the lead, 19–17.