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activate

verb as in initiate something; start a function

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The system could even be set to activate automatically whenever enough water has accumulated.

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These are capable of mapping the locations of cables, cutting them or planting sabotage devices that could, potentially, be activated in a time of war.

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These molecules attract and activate interferon-responsive T cells, which then intensify the inflammatory activity.

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Another key observation was that microplastics activated harmful gene pathways in endothelial cells from both mice and humans.

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Combining low doses of the drug tirzepatide, a "dual agonist" that works, in part, by activating GLP-1 receptors, with the hormone oxytocin results in weight loss without gastrointestinal side effects in obese rats.

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