REWAKING Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

rewaking

verb

present participle of rewake

as in reviving

to bring back to life, practice, or activity the media coverage of the dramatic escape has rewaked concerns about security at the prison

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Bahrain is reviving an old F1 tradition by joining Switzerland, San Marino and Luxembourg as countries which were the official hosts of F1 races actually taking place elsewhere.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026
The full cycle of forming a spore and then reviving it came to nearly 10 billion ATP molecules, one of the most expensive things a bacterium ever does.

— Canan Karakoç, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2026

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Madonna has spent her career borrowing, referencing, resurrecting and reinventing, but never at the expense of distinctly looking and feeling like herself.

— Sadie Kargman, Allure, 28 Sep. 2026
Smith was flat-out bad last season after playing good ball and resurrecting his career in Seattle.

— Ted Nguyen, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of resurrecting

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More recently, in 2023, Belarusian embassies abroad stopped extending or renewing passports entirely, putting dissidents who fled the country in a similar bind to those from Myanmar.

— Andrew Nachemson, The Dial, 22 Sep. 2026
The oversight body is not renewing itself fast enough to be positioned for the wave of transitions it will eventually be asked to govern.

— Shawn Cole, Forbes.com, 22 Sep. 2026

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