Meanings of reopen old in English

A child called Tony Takitani was all it took to reopen old wounds.

She had adjusted to it, and she had no desire to reopen old wounds.

Didn't want to reopen old wounds or relive old memories.

Officials yesterday termed the proposal "politically motivated and intended to reopen old wounds".

The investigation will reopen old wounds about Britain's cultural colonialism in removing the sculptures from the Parthenon.

A chara, - Unionists say that any new inquiry into Bloody Sunday will just reopen old wounds.

So let us reject any among us who seek to reopen old wounds and to rekindle old hatreds.

He sends for all of his grown children, and they descend on the family homestead to reopen old wounds.

Oftentimes it became necessary to reopen old wounds in order to extract a fragment of bone that had been overlooked.

For certain people, coming face-to-face with a child called "Tony Takitani" was all it took to reopen old wounds.

A former ASTI treasurer has been accused of filing bogus expense claims in a move that could reopen old divisions within the union.

For the women who underwent unnecessary Caesarean hysterectomies while under his care, the report is deeply unpleasant and will inevitably reopen old wounds.

The news of Saturday was a trigger the reopened old wounds for me.

The Christchurch shootings have reopened old wounds for Canada's Muslim community.

Mr Smith told RNZ Dunedin reporter Tess Brunton the situation has reopened old wounds.

For me, at least, it has reopened old wounds.