RESUSCITATING Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

resuscitating

verb

present participle of resuscitate

as in restoring

to bring back to a former condition or vigor she hopes to resuscitate the currently defunct charity organization

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as in reviving

to bring back to life, practice, or activity people trying to resuscitate some old theories that the assassination was really an act of conspiracy

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Recent Examples of resuscitating But the huge slate of candidates could also prevent a repeat of Clyburn’s success in resuscitating Joe Biden’s campaign in 2020. — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2026 As a result, New York got a great public space — and resuscitating the BQE became far more complicated and cumbersome. — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 24 Aug. 2026 Vance spent most of the briefing defending the Iran deal, which Israel was not a direct party to but commits the country to halting its missile attacks in Southern Lebanon while resuscitating Iran’s economy through lifting its crude oil sanctions. — Philip Wang, Time, 18 June 2026 Iran has demanded the lifting of international sanctions and unfreezing of billions of dollars in assets, moves vital to resuscitating its economy. — Lee Keath, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2026 That isn’t to say Crichton is an author whose reputation needs resuscitating. — Ian MacKenzie, Literary Hub, 27 May 2026 Osmon is particularly keen on resuscitating Seger, an artist who often gets short shrift in standard rock histories. — Jack Hamilton, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026 Mantha and Brazeau are a couple of power forward monsters, Brazeau realizing his potential and Mantha resuscitating his while the two primarily play on the same line. — Josh Yohe, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2026 Fuel analysts say resuscitating the industry won’t be easy. — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026

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The utility’s outage listings Friday afternoon showed crews patrolling electrical lines in many affected communities, a step toward restoring power once conditions were considered safe.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Kast and Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz plan to discuss trade and border security and sign mining and energy agreements, but restoring full diplomatic relations is not on the agenda.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of restoring

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Westlock Village emerged from development purgatory to apply for building permits in late September, reviving a 4-year-old plan to bring 256 homes to the corner of State Street and Ulmer Lane in West Boise.

— Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 16 Oct. 2026
Normalizing an extreme idea But the idea of reviving public executions has, in fact, been openly discussed in more mainstream right-wing circles, beyond the CREC.

— Odette Yousef, NPR, 15 Oct. 2026

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One critical component of getting the time and place to feel right was recreating the ’70s, rather than leaning on a corny pastiche or tired visual clichés.

— William Earl, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
Yamaha was doing it in 1993 with the VL1, mathematically recreating the airflow, reeds, and resonances of saxophones and other acoustic instruments, while Line 6, among others, later applied the same broad idea to guitar amps.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of recreating

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After resurrecting iconic consoles like the 2600 and Mattel’s Intellivision, Atari is relaunching one of the brand’s personal computers that originally debuted 43 years ago.

— Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 8 Oct. 2026
Madonna has spent her career borrowing, referencing, resurrecting and reinventing, but never at the expense of distinctly looking and feeling like herself.

— Sadie Kargman, Allure, 28 Sep. 2026

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Amazon is refreshing its Bee lineup as tech companies gear up for the holiday season with a slew of new AI hardware.

— Annie Palmer, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026
Short-term plans for Kreuzer’s new downtown property are focused on minor cosmetic work, such as cleaning up the parking lot, refreshing the landscaping and other maintenance.

— Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of refreshing

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AutoGov takes care of regular tasks like renewing licenses, paying bills, and booking routine health appointments.

— Inzamam Rashid, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2026
Cable and telco giant Rogers Communications recently chose against renewing the broadcast of Saturday night National Hockey League games on the CBC, a Hockey Night in Canada tradition for the public broadcaster begun in 1952.

— Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026

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