reoccupies

Settles in again

Reoccupies means to occupy again—to move back into a space that was previously held and then vacated.

Military forces reoccupy territory they had withdrawn from.

A business reoccupies offices after renovation.

The army reoccupied the town after the ceasefire collapsed.

return

reclaiming

Taking possession again

homecoming · reestablishment · repatriation · repopulating · reinhabiting · returning · reappearance · comeback · reassuming · retaking

control

retaking

Capturing something anew

repossessing · reasserting · dominance · reconquering · commandeering · territorial · military · strategic · sovereignty · jurisdiction

restoration

rebuilding

Constructing anew after destruction

renewing · repurposing · reactivating · reopening · refurbishing · reclaiming · redeveloping · regenerating · reinvigorating · reusing

Opposites
presence/occupation status

reoccupiesabandons

Ceases to support

vacates · evacuates · leaves · deserts · quits

temporal sequence of occupation

reoccupiespioneers

First to explore territory

Family

preoccupied, reoccupied, unpreoccupied

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