resuscitate
verb (used with object)
to revive, especially from apparent death or from unconsciousness.
resuscitative
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a word derived from
resuscitate.
Example Sentences
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The Marin County Sheriff’s Office coroner’s division identified him as Daniel Zhengyu Qin, 35, of San Jose, adding that he died “despite prolonged resuscitative efforts.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
"Babies needing emergency resuscitation were taken to a resuscitative device - however, in some cases, these were outside the labour room and in the corridor," Ms Westwood said.
From BBC ● May 26, 2023
“Three Minutes: A Lengthening” winds up being a fascinatingly contradictory film, exemplifying both loss and the resuscitative work of memory, and the permanence and fragility of film as a material object.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 24, 2022
Keillor wrote mock commercials for fake products like “expeditious” Powdermilk Biscuits, made by Norwegian bachelor farmers, and “Beebopareebop rhubarb pie,” which was billed as resuscitative.
From New York Times ● Sep. 27, 2016
She peeks into the ambulance as she crosses the street, sees the resuscitative equipment but no people.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
