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activate

 
Verb activate has 5 senses
  1. trip, actuate, trigger, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off - put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits"
    --1 is one way to initiate, pioneer
    Derived form: noun activation1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  2. activate - make active or more active; "activate an old file"
    --2 is one way to
    change, alter, modify
    Antonyms: inactivate, deactivate
    Derived forms: noun activator1, noun activation3
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  3. activate - make more adsorptive; "activate a metal"
    --3 is one way to
    change, alter, modify
    Derived form: noun activation1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  4. activate, aerate - aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter
    --4 is one way to change, alter, modify
    Derived form: noun activation1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  5. activate - make (substances) radioactive
    --5 is one way to
    change, alter, modify
    Derived form: noun activation1
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s something
actitis hypoleucos actitis macularia actitud actium activ activa activamente activase activate activated activated carbon activated charcoal activates activating activating agent activation activation energy

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