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Activate   /ˈæktəvˌeɪt/   Listen
Activate

verb
1.
Put in motion or move to act.  Synonyms: actuate, set off, spark, spark off, touch off, trigger, trigger off, trip.  "Actuate the circuits"
2.
Make active or more active.
3.
Make more adsorptive.
4.
Aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter.  Synonym: aerate.
5.
Make (substances) radioactive.



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Words linked to "Activate" :   happen, come about, trigger off, occur, hap, pass, alter, pass off, activation, activator, fall out, pioneer, take place, spark off, initiate, go on, inactivate, trigger, modify, change, trip


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