reinvading
Attacking territory again
To reinvade is to invade again—to send military forces into a territory that was invaded before: Concerns grew that the army would reinvade the border region.
The word appears in contexts where a previous invasion was repelled, withdrawn from, or otherwise ended before renewed aggression.
Regaining seized territory
- reoccupationInhabiting a place again
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- offensiveCausing displeasure or attack-oriented
- redeploymentRelocating resources or personnel
amphibious · infantry · battalion · frontline · maneuver · assault · incursion · troops
Progressive increase in intensity
- hostilitiesActive armed fighting
- belligerenceWarlike aggression
- confrontationDirect hostile encounter
- provocationAct that triggers response
antagonism · encroachment · violation · transgression · breach · intrusion · trespass · infringement
Inhabiting a place again
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
- subjugationForcing into submission
- controlAuthority to direct
dominion · territory · sovereignty · administration · governance · protectorate · rule · settlement
Return after dormancy
- returnGo back again
- reentryComing back in
- reemergenceReturning to visibility
- repetitionAct of redoing
relapse · recurrence · renewed · cyclical · persistent · recurring · repeated · wave
reconquest
Regaining seized territory
- reoccupationInhabiting a place again
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- offensiveCausing displeasure or attack-oriented
redeployment · amphibious · infantry · battalion · frontline · maneuver · assault · incursion · troops · advance
escalation
Progressive increase in intensity
- hostilitiesActive armed fighting
- belligerenceWarlike aggression
- confrontationDirect hostile encounter
provocation · antagonism · encroachment · violation · transgression · breach · intrusion · trespass · infringement · incursion
reoccupation
Inhabiting a place again
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
- subjugationForcing into submission
control · dominion · territory · sovereignty · administration · governance · protectorate · rule · settlement · hegemony
resurgence
Return after dormancy
- returnGo back again
- reentryComing back in
- reemergenceReturning to visibility
repetition · relapse · recurrence · renewed · cyclical · persistent · recurring · repeated · wave · second
reinvadingwithdrawing
Removing or pulling away
retreating · evacuating · pulling out · departing · leaving
reinvadingliberating
Setting free from constraint
freeing · relinquishing · surrendering · ceding · returning
invade, invasion, invader, invasive, invading, invaded, invades, invasions, noninvasive