resuscitate
/rɪˈsʌsɪteɪt/
verb
- To bring someone who is unconscious or not breathing back to consciousness or life, usually by medical means.
- Doctors used a defibrillator to resuscitate the patient after his heart stopped.
- The paramedics worked quickly to resuscitate the drowning victim.
- She learned CPR in case she ever needed to resuscitate someone.
- To bring something back into use, activity, or popularity; to revive.
- The company tried to resuscitate its failing brand with a new advertising campaign.
- The new manager hopes to resuscitate the local economy by attracting new businesses.
- Historians are working to resuscitate interest in this forgotten author.
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