reopen

Object

• inquest: Eventually, the shoot-to-kill inquest reopened on 5 May 1992.
• pipeline: Baghdad and Damascus also want to reopen an oil pipeline between them, disused since 1982.
• wound: A worse outcome at that moment might have reopened the wounds of recent weeks.
• negotiation: At Westminster, the Lords propose to reopen peace negotiations with the King.
• quarry: Not until the late 10th century were quarries reopened for the extraction of fresh, unused building material.
• waterway: The Trust's aim was a simple one: to reopen the whole waterway between Surrey and Sussex.

Preposition: as

• museum: Much of the building was destroyed by fire in 1972 but was rebuilt by Tameside Council and reopened as a museum in 1988.

Modifying Another Word

• officially: The airport was officially reopened for business in August.
• newly: Ronnie Scott's In October The newly reopened Ronnie Scott's Club in London's Soho has been given a complete makeover.
• formally: The chairman of North Cornwall District Council will formally reopen the lock on 8th November, following the summer repair work.
• shortly: Once the Ministry of Information closed a magazine that presented women in a pornographic manner, but then allowed it to reopen shortly after.
• recently: We will be using the recently reopened, refurbished Channel View Leisure Center.
• finally: After a long delay to gain planning permission and the appropriate licenses, the Ace finally reopened fully in 2001.

Preposition: after

• refurbishment: The Bear & Billet reopened after an extensive refurbishment on 6 April 2005.
• closure: Cwmbelan School Log Books " School reopened after an extra weeks closure owing to outbreak of war.
• session: Open session ( meeting officially closes for, and reopens after this session ) There were no members of the public present.

Used with why or when

• when: Unlike a whiteboard, pieces of work done with the class can be saved and reopened when needed.

Preposition: of

• canal: Official reopening of the canal from Pontypool to Brecon on 16 October 1970.
• railroad: Easter Re-opening Celebrations Easter bank Holiday Sunday and Monday ( 16th & 17th April ) saw the reopening of the railroad.
• line: Notes: Moor Street Station was closed in 1987 on the reopening of the line through Snow Hill Tunnel.