reactivated

verb

past tense of reactivate
as in restarted

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reactivated
  1. restarted
  2. reinvented
  3. resurrected
  4. refreshed
Verb
  • If a person interferes or one step fails, the system can adjust its plan and retry rather than requiring the entire task to be restarted.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The market Thomas began using compulsively restarted every fifteen minutes and never stopped.
    — Bobby Allyn, NPR, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of restarted
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  • The dining room has been radically reinvented by San Francisco designer Jon de la Cruz.
    — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • After being forced to retire amid health issues, Madden, with his quirky, homespun style, reinvented himself as an NFL analyst and the football brain behind EA’s video game franchise that would become one of the best selling ever.
    — Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of reinvented
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  • And if, after three years, Fisher has resurrected Florida State football, then sit down and negotiate a conventional contract.
    — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2026
  • But Holmes was later resurrected—his creator needed some fast cash, yes, but Britain wanted for good crime-solvers, to go by the glut of corpses and killers in Sleuth-hound.
    — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of resurrected
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  • That refreshed rye bread, which now comes from Fred’s Bakery and Deli, a Beverlywood institution, is one of the key reasons Langer’s pastrami sandwiches have become the standard by which all other pastrami sandwiches are judged.
    — Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Not refreshed old engines, not some mild-hybrid workaround, but genuinely new small-blocks designed to keep eight cylinders doing what eight cylinders have been doing for decades.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of refreshed
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“Reactivated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reactivated. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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