reactivate
verb (used with object)
to render active again; revive.
reactivates
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present tense formof reactivate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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It is not yet clear whether it works by broadly stimulating the immune system, by reducing how often the varicella-zoster virus reactivates, or through another pathway entirely.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 3, 2025
When she reactivates, having observed the animals for some long period, she’s able to communicate with them, though they’re terrified of her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2024
"If you ever log on to your account for any reason, even accidentally, because it is an app on your phone it reactivates and then sends a new order," she said.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2024
The scientists reported they treated seven monkeys, and then infected these animals and seven controls with simian immunodeficiency virus, which is closely related to HIV in humans and reactivates tuberculosis.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 5, 2022
Scarlett Lewis, whose 6-year-old son, Jesse, was killed in the Sandy Hook shootings, said learning about every mass shooting is “like a punch in the gut every single time” that reactivates the pain and grief.
From Seattle Times ● May 25, 2022
