reactivate
verb (used with object)
to render active again; revive.
had reactivated
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past perfectof reactivate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The American Hospital Association, an industry group, said it had reactivated a program to help distribute ventilators and supplies to regions where the Delta variant had hit hardest, according to Thomas Jordan, a spokesman.
From New York Times ● Aug. 17, 2021
As you'll see in the photo, the helmet padding left perfectly-shaped blue impressions on his shaved skull, as his perspiration had reactivated the dried-up food coloring.
From Time Magazine Archive
