recolonize
verb
(alsore-colonize);(UKusuallyrecolonise,re-colonise)uk/ˌriːˈkɒl.ə.naɪz/us/ˌriːˈkɑː.lə.naɪz/[T]usuallydisapproving
tocolonizeacountry(=sendpeopletolivein andgovernit)again, for a second, third, etc.time:
Hebelievesit ispartof aWesternconspiracyto recolonizeIndiaandAfrica.
Thiseffortto re-colonize an alreadythrivingcivilizationwaslargelysuccessful.
[IorT]
(ofanimals,plants, ororganisms) tostarttoliveorgrowagain in aparticulararea, or toencourageanimals, etc. toliveorgrowsomewhere:
Thefrogsarebeginningto recolonizetheirformerhabitat.
Certainrareplantswouldprobablybepresentin otherareasand anumberof them will recolonize overtime.
It may bepossibleto recolonize thegutwith what are called "friendly"bacteria,availablein theformof "probiotics" such as Lactobacillusacidophilus.
- For nineyearsfollowing1945, theFrenchwereengagedin afailedeffortto recolonize Vietnam.
- Theideais thatspeciescouldeventuallyre-colonize suchareas, or at leastpassthrough them duringmigration.
- Much the same set ofbacteriarecolonize thegutafter acourseofantibiotics.
- Fire maycauselocalextinctions ofcertainrareplants, but anumberof them will recolonise overtime.
- The littlebrownlizardisbeginningto re-colonize theislands.
Colonization & self-government
- acknowledgement of country
- annex
- annexation
- anti-colonial
- anti-colonialism
- colonize
- colony
- commonwealth
- condominium
- crown colony
- imperialist
- independence
- Independence Day
- intercolonial
- land acknowledgment
- recolonization
- secede
- secession
- self-determination
- the Raj
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