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repatriate

verb

/riːˈpeɪ.tri.eɪt/

Meaning

To return someone to their own country, often after war or imprisonment.

The government worked to repatriate the refugees safely.

return, send back, restore, deport

exile, banish

repatriate citizens, repatriate funds, repatriate refugees

To designate or treat something as more important than other things.

to learn about something; to examine carefully; to research

To make something old-fashioned or obsolete.

to mix or combine; to move among people and engage socially

to walk with short steps and a clumsy swaying motion, like a duck

to criticize or scold someone sharply