REACTIVATED Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

reactivated

verb

past tense of reactivate

as in restarted

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Industry sources told Reuters that the East-West pipeline restarted at low volumes earlier this week and is now ramping up.

— Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026
Talks restarted but tensions mounted over the nearing October 1 deadline for a $7 million a day ticking fee to WBD shareholders as the merger remained on hold.

— Denise Petski, Deadline, 21 Sep. 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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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
Carrie Bradshaw’s dress, worn by actress Sarah Jessica Parker, was resurrected in 2025 on Jenna Ortega, who attended the Hurry Up Tomorrow premiere clad in the look.

— Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 11 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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