resuscitate
verb (used with object)
to revive, especially from apparent death or from unconsciousness.
resuscitated
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past participleof resuscitate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof resuscitate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
resuscitateverb (used with object)to revive, especially from apparent death or from unconsciousness.
Example Sentences
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Six-year-old Saja was resuscitated but showed signs of a brain injury throughout treatment.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Paramedics initiated “advanced cardiac life support measures,” but Panettiere could not be resuscitated, the statement read.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Compared with the lowest group, those in the highest group had a 67% greater risk of dying from coronary heart disease or stroke, or experiencing non-fatal heart attacks, strokes or resuscitated cardiac arrest.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 19, 2026
He was quickly resuscitated and the subsequent operation went well, but the patient never recovered proper consciousness and died 17 days later.
From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2025
In 1997 Mary W Eubanks, a Duke University biologist, resuscitated the hybridization theory in a new variant.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
