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Resuscitate

v.resilient, capableprofessional

What it means

To restore breathing, consciousness, life, or active operation.

Reach for it when describing urgent revival, literally or in a strong figurative sense

A trained passerby resuscitated the swimmer before the ambulance arrived.

Choose between these

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  • playful

    bring around

    consciousness returns in informal speech

    not when The phrase minimizes medical urgency.

  • everyday

    revive

    life or activity returns

    not when Revive is less medically precise.

  • warm

    save

    a life is protected from danger

    not when Saving is the outcome, not the procedure.

  • professional

    restart

    a stopped system operates again

    not when Restart is unsuitable for clinical care.

  • formal

    reanimate

    lifelike activity is restored

    not when Reanimate can sound fantastical.

  • formal

    restore

    function returns to a sound state

    not when Restore does not imply near-death.

Said against

3
  • suffocate
  • abandon
  • shut down

It naturally appears in

3
  • attempt to resuscitate

    Paramedics attempted to resuscitate the patient.

  • successfully resuscitate

    The crew successfully resuscitated the collapsed runner.

  • resuscitate the project

    New funding could resuscitate the stalled project.

Where this comes from

The definition and the example on this page are written here. The dictionaries above ground which meaning is being described, not the wording.