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past participle of activate.
past tense form of activate.

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activated

ADJECTIVE

animate

Synonyms

STRONG

alert animated energized spirited

WEAK

active dynamic gay happy vivacious

Antonyms

STRONG

lethargic

WEAK

dead discouraged dull quiet shy spiritless

ADJECTIVE

animated

Synonyms

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energetic spirited vivid

STRONG

alert animate brisk elated energized excited vitalized

WEAK

active ardent buoyant dynamic ebullient enthusiastic fervent gay happy passionate peppy quick snappy sprightly vibrant vigorous vital vivacious zealous zestful zingy zippy

Antonyms

STRONGEST

lazy lethargic

STRONG

sluggish

ADJECTIVE

applied

Synonyms

STRONGEST

enforced practiced tested

STRONG

adapted adjusted correlated devoted exercised related utilized

WEAK

brought to bear

ADJECTIVE

inspired

Synonyms

STRONG

animated encouraged energized excited exhilarated galvanized influenced inspirited motivated moved roused started stirred

ADJECTIVE

originating

Synonyms

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arising beginning starting stemming

STRONG

authored begot caused commencing created dawning deriving emanating fashioned formed generated induced inspired issuing made motivated proceeding produced

WEAK

incepted

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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani activated a heat emergency plan with hundreds of cooling centers set to open across the city on Wednesday.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2026

State Department, which activated the international rescue operation, heralded that success.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2026

He was unable to get out because child locks on the doors were activated.

From Barron's • Jun. 25, 2026

She added she was "100% proud" of her son who activated the emergency exit straight after the crash.

From BBC • Jun. 24, 2026

Of course, she hadn’t activated the pendant yet, so his device couldn’t detect it.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld

activated

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