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. Mark Mitchell:

   Upon his release, the Petitioner will be given $4,210 in cash, the same amount he had in his possession when was captured, he will also be provided a new cellular phone (in its original sealed packaging), which he can activate and use if he desires to do so. He will be provided sufficient food and water to last for several days.

2. Mike McCaul:

   I am extremely concerned about Syrian and ISIS recruiters can use the Internet at lightning speeds to recruit followers in the United States with thousands of followers in the United States and then activate them to do whatever they want to do, whether it’s military installations, law enforcement or possibly a Fourth of July event parade.

3. Margaret Scharle:

   Once you’ve been blocked so many times in trying to make an appointment, you might give up. So we are working as hard as we can to penetrate the most marginalized communities, to activate networks that are already existing.

4. Lionel Fatton:

   China needs levers to deter Taiwan from taking undesirable courses of action, especially independence-leaning initiatives, for these levers to be potent, China must( 1) have the( military) capabilities to activate them if needed, and( 2) the threat to do so must be credible in the eyes of Taipei.

5. Thomas Wolf:

   If someone’s self-identification doesn’t map onto the categories that federal law recognizes, the data does not really help people activate and protect their civil rights.

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