KICK-STARTING Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

kick-starting

verb

present participle of kick-start

as in jump-starting

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Verb

After another frustrating series loss, pressure continues to mount on the front office to find upgrades capable of jump-starting a lineup with postseason aspirations.

— Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
In 2022, the Jets made three first-round picks in hopes of jump-starting their rebuild.

— Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2026

Definition of jump-starting

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Josephai spent years resurrecting Kadavumbagam Synagogue, the last functioning Malabari house of worship.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
Days after the fire, members of the church launched a GoFundMe post in hopes of resurrecting their home and keeping the congregation together.

— Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of resurrecting

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This is also Lionsgate’s second swing at revitalizing the Leprechaun franchise in just a few years.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026
The environmental plan includes restoring more than 33 acres of wetlands, revitalizing coastal dunes and mangrove ecosystems, and expanding bird habitats.

— Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of revitalizing

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The finished album also reaches much further back, reviving three previously unheard songs Young originally wrote in 1963 alongside newer compositions.

— SPIN Staff, SPIN, 7 Aug. 2026
In June 2026, Saudi Arabia and Turkey signed a memorandum of understanding on railway connectivity that includes reviving and upgrading the century-old Hejaz Railway to reconnect Turkey to Saudi Arabia via Jordan and Syria.

— Firmesk Rahim, The Conversation, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of reviving

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Vance spent most of the briefing defending the Iran deal, which Israel was not a direct party to but commits the country to halting its missile attacks in Southern Lebanon while resuscitating Iran’s economy through lifting its crude oil sanctions.

— Philip Wang, Time, 18 June 2026
Iran has demanded the lifting of international sanctions and unfreezing of billions of dollars in assets, moves vital to resuscitating its economy.

— Lee Keath, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2026

Definition of resuscitating

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Owing to a recession and chronic deflation in the 1990s, Japan had kept its interest rates as low as zero or negative in the hope of rejuvenating the economy since then through the 2010s.

— John Liu, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
For tired flowering annuals, a more substantial mid-season trim can be rejuvenating and help extend the growing period.

— Gemma Johnstone, The Spruce, 22 July 2026

Definition of rejuvenating

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The platform is designed to produce hardware in days or weeks rather than months, while allowing designs to be updated without restarting traditional tooling cycles.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026
Ideas can be developed into scripts, characters and scenes can be organized as reusable assets, and individual shots can be revised without restarting an entire project.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of restarting

Verb

Ferran’s currently still on holiday recharging his batteries with Marcos Llorente following Spain’s World Cup triumph, and will soon need to make a decision.

— Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Most can be set to activate on a timer, and some are even capable of self-emptying their collection bins and automatically recharging themselves.

— BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026

Definition of recharging

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