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also waked
1
as in awoke
to cause to stop sleeping
my banging around in the kitchen woke my wife
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2
as in awakened
to cease to be asleep
I woke with a start when the door slammed
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3
as in warned
to give notice to beforehand especially of danger or risk
a public service announcement designed to wake people to the dangers of aggressive driving
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or waked
also woke
1
as in awoken
to cause to stop sleeping
my banging around in the kitchen woke my wife
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2
as in roused
to cease to be asleep
I woke with a start when the door slammed
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3
as in alerted
to give notice to beforehand especially of danger or risk
a public service announcement designed to wake people to the dangers of aggressive driving
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Recent Examples of woke
Miami Herald, 3 Jan. 2026
The officers woke Lopez up from his nap and booked him into Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, court records show.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2025
Miami Herald, 3 Jan. 2026
The officers woke Lopez up from his nap and booked him into Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, court records show.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2025
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Another area resident said the noise from the first explosions woke him up.
—Miami Herald, 3 Jan. 2026
The officers woke Lopez up from his nap and booked him into Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, court records show.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2025
Verb
Another area resident said the noise from the first explosions woke him up.
—Miami Herald, 3 Jan. 2026
The officers woke Lopez up from his nap and booked him into Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, court records show.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2025
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“Woke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/woke. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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