[verb] [T] - to put (a material that has been used) through another industrial process to change it so that it can be used againThe nuclear waste is sent abroad to be reprocessed.A reprocessing plant is a place where materials are changed so that they can be used again.Here at the nuclear reprocessing plant we extract plutonium from spent atomic fuel rods.
REPROCESS
Meaning of REPROCESS in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012