Antonyms for resuscitate

Grammar : Verb

Spell : ri-suhs-i-teyt

Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈsʌs ɪˌteɪt

bore
destroy

Definition of resuscitate

Origin : early 15c., "revive, restore," from Latin resuscitatus, past participle of resuscitare "rouse again, revive," from re- "again" (see re-) + suscitare "to raise, revive," from sub "(up from) under" (see sub-) + citare "to summon" (see cite). Intransitive use from 1650s. Related: Resuscitated; resuscitating. Earlier was resuscen "restore (someone) to life, resurrect" (c.1400).

verb revive

Example sentences :

Even Rachel's return could not resuscitate it for more than one or two.
Extract from : « Aunt Rachel » by David Christie Murray

Now after all, by what right do you presume to resuscitate a man?
Extract from : « The Man With The Broken Ear » by Edmond About

Not at all, for I am free to resuscitate the seeming corpse.
Extract from : « The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles » by Jean Henri Fabre

It would be foolish, nay, impossible, to try to resuscitate an old form of art.
Extract from : « Style in Singing » by W. E. Haslam

A physician was called at once, and attempted to resuscitate him.
Extract from : « The Cleverdale Mystery or, The Machine and its Wheels » by W. A. Wilkins

May God grant that you may be able to resuscitate the old cable.
Extract from : « Cyrus W. Field; his Life and Work » by Isabella Field Judson

My business henceforward was to resuscitate that mighty patient, the Apennines.
Extract from : « The Bird » by Jules Michelet

After nine minutes the surgeons began to work upon him to resuscitate him.
Extract from : « Essays In Pastoral Medicine » by Austin Malley

Then he was glad the trustees were determined to resuscitate the old academy.
Extract from : « Mind Amongst the Spindles » by Various

Alphonse, I leave you to resuscitate her, while I hurry off to the General.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 » by Various

Synonyms for resuscitate

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