Giving and transferring

Synonyms for recapture

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · verb · Reason line included

The senseverbTier 3, RidgelineGiving and transferring

take back by force, as after a battle

The military forces managed to recapture the fort.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

retake

Same sentence, swapped: The military forces managed to retake the fort.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for recapture as it is used in the sentence above.

extort
pillage
recollect

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Closest first: other giving and transferring words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

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