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activate

Verbs

• (v) put in motion or move to act
  • trigger a reaction
  • actuate the circuits
  actuate, set off, spark, spark off, touch off, trigger, trigger off, trip,
• (v) make active or more active
  • activate an old file
• (v) make more adsorptive
  • activate a metal
• (v) aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter aerate,
• (v) make (substances) radioactive

Synonyms

actuate set off spark spark off touch off trigger trigger off trip aerate

Antonyms

deactivate inactivate

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