KICK-STARTED Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

kick-started

verb

past tense of kick-start

as in jump-started

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Verb

Debbie Hubbs, 73, of Arizona, helped create the Low Carb Cruise after low-carb eating jump-started her weight loss.

— Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 20 June 2026
This scatterplot of stars illuminated the process of stellar evolution and jump-started the field of stellar physics more than a century ago.

— K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 11 May 2026

Definition of jump-started

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Ford made a normal-looking F-150 that just happened to be electric and resurrected the Lightning nameplate, then killed it.

— Joel Feder, The Drive, 9 July 2026
There’s also plenty of Duncan Idaho, the fearsome warrior who died defending Paul and his mother (Rebecca Ferguson), and who has been resurrected as a ghola.

— Angelique Jackson, Variety, 8 July 2026

Definition of resurrected

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The film was originally set to be directed by Melanie Laurent, but was put on hold during the pandemic and later revived with Morris directing.

— Pat Saperstein, Variety, 10 July 2026
Gounder now wonders if Wahl would have revived his attempt, from 15 years ago, to run for FIFA president.

— Sean Gregory, Time, 10 July 2026

Definition of revived

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These new members, most of them young, revitalized the organization.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 July 2026
But the president’s team plans to campaign that its aggressive policy push has revitalized the economy by cutting subsidies, deregulating the foreign exchange market, and passing tax reforms.

— Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 6 July 2026

Definition of revitalized

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The soil, Hakena Hulitt said, was hard, dry and cracked from being farmed with heavy machinery, and has been rejuvenated with compost, tilling and learning how to keep weeds at bay without pesticides.

— Amy Lavalley, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026
And, and our institutions have the ability to be rejuvenated in a way that's just really positive.

— CBS News, CBS News, 28 June 2026

Definition of rejuvenated

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His intense style of play coupled with his powerful bat has resuscitated a Red Sox season on life support.

— Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 9 July 2026
She was placed in an induced coma in the ICU, and later suffered a cardiac arrest — needing to be resuscitated — when doctors tried to bring her out.

— Adam England, PEOPLE, 9 July 2026

Definition of resuscitated

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