reclose

From re- + close.

• Rhymes: -əʊz

reclose (third-person singular simple present recloses, present participle reclosing, simple past and past participle reclosed)

1. (transitive) To close or be closed after having previously been opened.
   • 2007 June 1, Ronald Smothers, “Court Says New Jersey Official Was Wrong to Permit Angioplasties”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Stents improved the procedure by combating the tendency of many vessels to reclose quickly after angioplasty.

   • 2016, Andrew Earles, Charles Cross, Gillian G. Gaar, Bob Gendron, Todd Martens, Mark Yarm, Kurt Cobain and Nirvana - Updated Edition, The Complete Illustrated History, page 198:

     In fact, in April 2014, the twentieth anniversary of Cobain's death, the Seattle Police Department had "reopened" the investigation into Cobain's death but closed it (or reclosed it) a week or so later, sticking to the original "suicide" ruling.

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