refasten

verb

Definition of refastennext
as in to reattach

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for refasten
  1. reattach
  2. resecure
  3. reconnect
  4. rejoin
  5. reunite
  6. reunify
  7. connect
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  • After draining the barrel, detach your barrel from your downspout, reattach the downspout to your gutter, and then rinse the barrel with your hose.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Doctors were able to reattach part of her skull sooner than planned because of how much the swelling in her brain had subsided, her husband said.
    Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2024
Definition of reattach
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  • If a data breach does happen, the Ultimate Security suite offers a white-glove service to guide you through steps to resecure your information.
    Advertising Content From Bitdefender, PCMAG, 1 May 2023
  • The grant will provide hands-on consulting to help small and medium-sized manufacturers restart their production, relaunch using new technologies, refocus on growing industries, reconnect with customers, reskill their workers, reshore their supply chains, and resecure their businesses.
    Laura Hancock, cleveland, 15 Apr. 2021
Definition of resecure
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  • Once you’re finished, reconnect the power and run the disposal with hot water to clear out the soapy water.
    Julia Mitchem, Architectural Digest, 30 Dec. 2024
  • In it, an ambitious executive reconnects with his roots and his true self when he is forced to put his selfish life on hold and take care of his aged mother, who is suffering from Alzheimer’s.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of reconnect
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  • The Saudis invited Syria to repudiate Iran and rejoin the Arab bloc.
    Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Next year, My Chemical Romance will perform a stadium tour celebrating The Black Parade; Bryar was not slated to rejoin, having officially retired from drumming in 2021.
    Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of rejoin
Verb
  • The French fashion house reunited with Sarah Jones, known for her contemplative large-scale color photographs of subjects such as empty therapists’ couches.
    Joelle Diderich, WWD, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Dreams Mexican director Michel Franco reunites with Jessica Chastain for a second time, after their first collaboration on Memory.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 1 Jan. 2025
Definition of reunite
Verb
  • The report also outlined recommendations for healing communities wracked by the social ills wrought by the schools, for revitalizing language and cultural support, for reunifying families, for reforms in tribal community education and for steps to reduce violence in tribal communities.
    Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Barnes said all students were reunified with their parents.
    Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of reunify
Verb
  • These traditional inns date back to the 8th century A.D. and many of the earliest ones were located along the Tokaido route, which connected current-day Tokyo and Kyoto, providing respite for nomadic samurai and traders.
    Christina Liao, Vogue, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Instead, generations are cultivated by a combination of experiences, good and bad, that connect, change and evolve people.
    Gilda D'Incerti, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of connect
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