as in to revive
to bring back to life, practice, or activity
the new multiplex has begun to reanimate the shabby neighborhood
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After engaging in a heated argument, Chucky fatally electrocutes Tiffany and reanimates her soul into a female doll.
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Rendy Jones, EW.com, 1 Aug. 2024
But there are plenty of signs that a new kind of energy has reanimated the disparate constituencies that make up the Democratic base and were at the heart of the first incarnation of the anti-Trump resistance movement.
—Christian Paz, Vox, 1 Aug. 2024
After accidentally poisoning Gillian’s abusive boyfriend, the sisters reanimate his corpse and have to fight his evil spirit while also contending with a curse that any man who loves an Owens woman will die.
—Eva Hartman, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2024
She has been reanimated after having thrown herself off the edge of a bridge.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2024
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Rendy Jones, EW.com, 1 Aug. 2024
But there are plenty of signs that a new kind of energy has reanimated the disparate constituencies that make up the Democratic base and were at the heart of the first incarnation of the anti-Trump resistance movement.
—Christian Paz, Vox, 1 Aug. 2024
After accidentally poisoning Gillian’s abusive boyfriend, the sisters reanimate his corpse and have to fight his evil spirit while also contending with a curse that any man who loves an Owens woman will die.
—Eva Hartman, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2024
She has been reanimated after having thrown herself off the edge of a bridge.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2024
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“Reanimate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reanimate. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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