reawake

verb

Definition of reawakenext
as in to set off

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reawake
  1. set off
  2. reinvigorate
  3. revive
  4. resurrect
  5. reawaken
  6. reactivate
  7. rekindle
  8. revitalize
Verb
  • The shooting set off a massive search, with investigators now offering a total reward of $60,000 for information that leads to an arrest and conviction.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2024
  • The 64-year-old Unity Township, Pa., woman set off hours earlier in her car, along with her 5-year-old granddaughter, who was later found safe and asleep inside her vehicle.
    Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of set off
Verb
  • The antagonizing was done in the name of reinvigorating competition within the genre.
    Hanif Abdurraqib, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Daniel Craig stars as Lee, an older reclusive man living in Mexico City who crosses paths with a young man (Drew Starkey) who reinvigorates him in the best and worst ways.
    Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of reinvigorate
Verb
  • This past April, O’Grady won a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship, which was to support a new performance art piece reviving an old character from her past work.
    Benjamin Sutton, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
  • That was just one of several costly acquisitions likely to be unwound as the company struggles to revive itself.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 15 Dec. 2024
Definition of revive
Verb
  • Leave a comment View Comments Iwasa isn’t the only artist who Murakami has chosen to resurrect using the most cutting-edge instrument of the information age.
    Leah Dolan, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
  • As part of its bill of particulars, the GOP report resurrects an old yarn, originated by Trump acolytes at the State Department in 2020 and promoted by the Wall Street Journal, that three researchers at the WIV became sick with what may have been COVID in the autumn of 2019.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of resurrect
Verb
  • The offensive has reawakened a civil war that had been largely dormant for years.
    Eyad Kourdi, CNN, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Jones didn’t grow up loving baseball, but Mann’s passion for the game — which is reawakened over the course of the film’s epic odyssey — has been central to fans’ misty-eyed devotion to the sport ever since.
    Will Leitch, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2024
Definition of reawaken
Verb
  • The philosophy prioritizes profit over growth, encouraging businesses to optimize existing resources and reactivate past customer connections.
    Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The virus never goes away, lying dormant in the nerve cells, and may occasionally reactivate and cause recurrent sores.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of reactivate
Verb
  • Progressives have been vocal about rekindling the Democrats’ relationship with working-class voters since the 2024 election showed blue-collar support trending toward Trump.
    Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Cabello and Mendes first split in 2021 before briefly rekindling their romance in 2023.
    Rachel McRady, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of rekindle
Verb
  • By transforming dead retail spaces into vibrant residential centers, developers can address the housing shortage while revitalizing neighborhoods.
    Chris Westfall, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Harrison has been instrumental in revitalizing the Palladium with an annual summer show, always a musical, and the pantomime.
    Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of revitalize
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