Antonyms for activate
ˈæk təˌveɪtac·ti·vate

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1. activateverb

   Antonyms:
   deactivate

   Synonyms:
   actuate

2. activateverb

   To put into action, to put to work.

   Antonyms:
   deactivate

   Synonyms:
   actuate

3. activateverb

   To turn on.

   Synonyms:
   actuate

   Antonyms:
   deactivate

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1. trip, actuate, trigger, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch offverb

   put in motion or move to act

   "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits"

   Antonyms:
   deactivate, inactivate

   Synonyms:
   jaunt, trip out, start, incite, detonate, offset, get off, motivate, spark, trip up, propel, take off, explode, instigate, trigger off, move, part, trigger, trip, depart, set off, stumble, prompt, turn on, spark off, touch off, blow up, bring out, travel, start out, sparkle, set forth, actuate, stir up, cancel, aerate, set out

2. activateverb

   make active or more active

   "activate an old file"

   Antonyms:
   deactivate, inactivate

   Synonyms:
   set off, trigger, actuate, trigger off, spark, trip, spark off, aerate, touch off

3. activateverb

   make more adsorptive

   "activate a metal"

   Antonyms:
   deactivate, inactivate

   Synonyms:
   set off, trigger, actuate, trigger off, spark, trip, spark off, aerate, touch off

4. activate, aerateverb

   aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter

   Antonyms:
   inactivate, deactivate

   Synonyms:
   set off, trigger, actuate, oxygenize, trigger off, air out, spark, oxygenise, oxygenate, trip, spark off, air, aerate, touch off

5. activateverb

   make (substances) radioactive

   Antonyms:
   deactivate, inactivate

   Synonyms:
   set off, trigger, actuate, trigger off, spark, trip, spark off, aerate, touch off

How to use activate in a sentence?

1. Amrik Singh:

   We will make sure that United Sikhs keeps Deputy Sandeep Dhaliwal legacy alive, that we activate Deputy Sandeep Dhaliwal dream and we turn that into a reality.

2. Patrick Wilson:

   If we could preferentially activate these antibodies, we could have a better influenza vaccine.

3. Karl Kraus:

   Progress celebrates victories over nature. Progress makes purses out of human skin. When people were traveling in mail coaches, the world got ahead better than it does now that salesmen fly through the air. What good is speed if the brain has oozed out on the way? How will the heirs of this age be taught the most basic motions that are necessary to activate the most complicated machines? Nature can rely on progress; it will avenge it for the outrage it has perpetrated on it.

4. Facebook Inc:

   Many people have rightfully asked why we turned on Safety Check for Paris but not for bombings in Beirut and other places, until yesterday, our policy was only to activate Safety Check for natural disasters. We just changed this and now plan to activate Safety Check for more human disasters going forward as well.

5. Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris:

   American cities really want to activate the public spaces and streets that for way too long have been given over to the automobile, the streateries and parklets are part of this mentality of 'reclaiming our streets for people,'.

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