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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"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
Fluid injection first reactivates the fault patches through slow, aseismic slip and causing only few and small seismic events, followed by a progressive localization ultimately leading to large induced events.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 18, 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
Out on the street, vampires catch fire and turn into crispy critters as the UV shield reactivates.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2015
