reimpose

verb

re·​im·​pose (ˌ)rē-im-ˈpōz 

reimposed; reimposing

transitive verb

: to impose (something) again

Months would pass, and one police officer would die, before Canadian soldiers reimposed order.

—John Kalbfleisch

The state of siege, which had been briefly lifted, was reimposed …

—Isabel Hilton

… [U.S.] allies have usually been reluctant to reimpose sanctions after many were lifted as part of the 2015 nuclear accord.

—Mark Landler et al.

… said he will ask his country's congress to reimpose the death penalty, which has been suspended since 2006 …

—Irish Examiner (online)

EU governments in the passport-free Schengen zone would be able to reimpose border controls when faced with extraordinary flows of migrants …

—BBC News (online)

… residents could vote to reimpose property taxes in order to provide additional local funding.

—Lonnie Harp

reimposition

(ˌ)rē-ˌim-pə-ˈzi-shən 

noun

plural reimpositions

… doesn't want the forcible reimposition of a right-wing dictatorship.

—Christopher Hitchens

Examples of reimpose in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Trump said the deal was too soft on Iran and reimposed the sanctions. —Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025

In 2018, Trump withdrew the U.S. from Tehran's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers and reimposed sanctions that crippled Iran's economy. —Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2025

Starting April 1, the 27-nation bloc will reimpose $4.9 billion worth of tariffs that date back to Trump's first term. —Rebecca Rosman, NPR, 13 Mar. 2025

Trump imposed tariffs on Canada and Mexico in early February, before delaying them for one month and then reimposing them — and then partially delaying them again. —Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1611, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for reimpose

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• conversos
• decompose