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Adjective activating has 1 sense
- activating, actuating - causing motion or action or change
Antonyms: noncausative, noncausal (indirect, via causative)
Noun activating has 1 sense
- energizing, activating, activation - the activity of causing to have energy and be active
--1 is a kind of activity
--1 has particulars: electrification; vivification, invigoration, animation
Verb activate has 5 senses
- 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
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- activate - make active or more active; "activate an old file"
--2 is one way to change, alter, modify
Antonyms: inactivate, deactivate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- activate - make more adsorptive; "activate a metal"
--3 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentences:
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- activate, aerate - aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter
--4 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- activate - make (substances) radioactive
--5 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
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