REACTIVATE Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

reactivate

verb

Definition of reactivate

as in to restart

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Recent Examples of reactivate It was announced a few days later that the Iranian authorities had decided to reactivate a six-year sentence originally meted out to Panahi in 2010 alongside a 20-year filmmaking and travel ban. — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 7 June 2026 Then build a sharp profile around that, reactivate your network and share one insight per week. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026 When your immune system weakens with age, due to stress, or from illness, the virus can reactivate, leading to a case of shingles. — Petra Guglielmetti, Glamour, 7 May 2026 The report indicates that the organ procurement organization initially listed the liver as testing negative for cytomegalovirus, or CMV, a common virus that stays dormant in the body for life after infection and can sometimes reactivate. — Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 13 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for reactivate

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According to soccer rules, if the ball hits a stadium wire, play should stop and be restarted with a drop ball.

— Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 12 July 2026
Some break off and restart again from the in-ground portion, making this a continual job.

— Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 July 2026

Definition of restart

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This past month, when the entire city was in the grip of basketball mania, my eyes have felt newly refreshed by the abundance of royal blue and traffic-cone orange on the streets.

— Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 3 July 2026
Sue Kim, director of color marketing at Cabot paints, says refreshing these pieces should never erase the charm.

— Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 July 2026

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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
In the nearby Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, NASA resurrected its underwater program in 2001 to capitalize on the strong connections between ocean and space exploration.

— Bill Gourgey, Popular Science, 2 July 2026

Definition of resurrect

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