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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
Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 24 Apr. 2026
Fillmore, a German shorthaired pointer, is being hailed a hero after his urgent barking woke his family during a garage fire at their home on Skyway Drive in Unincorporated Tustin, Orange County.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2026
Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 24 Apr. 2026
Fillmore, a German shorthaired pointer, is being hailed a hero after his urgent barking woke his family during a garage fire at their home on Skyway Drive in Unincorporated Tustin, Orange County.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2026
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Each woman enters the fray on her own terms — Deborah cynically, Ava, performatively woke.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 24 Apr. 2026
Fillmore, a German shorthaired pointer, is being hailed a hero after his urgent barking woke his family during a garage fire at their home on Skyway Drive in Unincorporated Tustin, Orange County.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2026
Verb
Each woman enters the fray on her own terms — Deborah cynically, Ava, performatively woke.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 24 Apr. 2026
Fillmore, a German shorthaired pointer, is being hailed a hero after his urgent barking woke his family during a garage fire at their home on Skyway Drive in Unincorporated Tustin, Orange County.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2026
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“Woke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/woke. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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