Resuscitate
verb
To bring someone back to consciousness or life.
The paramedics tried to resuscitate the unconscious man.
Often appears as...
- resuscitate a patient
- attempt to resuscitate
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Formal
Technical
verb
To make something active or vigorous again.
The company plans to resuscitate its oldest and most popular brand.
Often appears as...
- resuscitate a brand
- resuscitate a company
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
verb
To bring someone back to consciousness or life.
The paramedics tried to resuscitate the unconscious man.
Often appears as...
- resuscitate a patient
- attempt to resuscitate
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
verb
To make something active or vigorous again.
The company plans to resuscitate its oldest and most popular brand.
Often appears as...
- resuscitate a brand
- resuscitate a company
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Life or Death
Used when a situation is critical and a life is at stake, often used in emergency medical contexts.
Doctors worked tirelessly to resuscitate the drowning victim.
Pro Tip 2/3Action Process
Focuses on the process of trying to bring someone back to life, not just the success of the action.
Despite the effort to resuscitate her, she did not regain consciousness.
Pro Tip 3/3Urgent Response
Conveys a sense of urgency and immediate action when someone's life hangs in the balance.
Emergency responders must resuscitate him quickly to avoid brain damage.
Pro Tip 1/3Life or Death
Used when a situation is critical and a life is at stake, often used in emergency medical contexts.
Doctors worked tirelessly to resuscitate the drowning victim.
Pro Tip 2/3Action Process
Focuses on the process of trying to bring someone back to life, not just the success of the action.
Despite the effort to resuscitate her, she did not regain consciousness.
Pro Tip 3/3Urgent Response
Conveys a sense of urgency and immediate action when someone's life hangs in the balance.
Emergency responders must resuscitate him quickly to avoid brain damage.
Pro Tip 1/3Life or Death
Used when a situation is critical and a life is at stake, often used in emergency medical contexts.
Doctors worked tirelessly to resuscitate the drowning victim.
Pro Tip 2/3Action Process
Focuses on the process of trying to bring someone back to life, not just the success of the action.
Despite the effort to resuscitate her, she did not regain consciousness.
Pro Tip 3/3Urgent Response
Conveys a sense of urgency and immediate action when someone's life hangs in the balance.
Emergency responders must resuscitate him quickly to avoid brain damage.
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Video examples
The Bias behind Your...
If you ask physicians why they went into medicine, you would hear "to help people." So much so, that during disasters and global pandemics, health care workers kiss their own families goodbye to go take care of yours. They work tirelessly during codes to resuscitate your loved ones
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Talk about your death...
He had the death he planned for. Because dad wanted to die at home, we had to have some pretty tough conversations and fill out a lot of paperwork. The questions on the forms cover everything from resuscitation to organ donation. Dad said, "Take whatever organs you can use."
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4 larger-than-life...
We all have the power to initiate change in our lives, to evolve and adapt. We make the choice, but sometimes life chooses for us, and we don't get a heads up. Surprise slams us in the face. You're flat on the ground, the air is gone, and you need resuscitation.
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How we can improve...
and had profuse uterine bleeding. By the time I got to the room, there were multiple doctors and nurses, and the patient was lifeless. The resuscitation team tried to bring her back to life, but despite everyone's best efforts, she died.
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Lynsey Addario: Lens on...
45 minutes resuscitating the baby. And they have very little there. They don't have traditional machines like we do that can-- oxygen and everything. They're literally smacking the baby and trying to bring the baby back to life.
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Tagging the Great White...
messages promising to deliver the most important data on the great whites lifecycle to date but right now the Sharks time out of the water is their primary concern the most important job isn't the tagging it's the resuscitation
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How does heart...
or any other conditions that could compromise a patient's chance of survival. The next step is to match an eligible recipient with a heart donor. Donors are often comatose patients with no chance of being resuscitated
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Sherwin Nuland: How...
Resuscitated the career, even better than it had been before. Went right back into the university and began to write books. Well, you know, it's been a wonderful life.
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The fish that walk on...
so it buries itself in the earth and coats its body in a mucus cocoon. It can survive like this for years until being resuscitated by the next big rainstorm.
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How I held my breath for...
He was underneath, not breathing for 45 minutes. When the rescue workers came, they resuscitated him and there was no brain damage.
Video examples
The Bias behind Your...
If you ask physicians why they went into medicine, you would hear "to help people." So much so, that during disasters and global pandemics, health care workers kiss their own families goodbye to go take care of yours. They work tirelessly during codes to resuscitate your loved ones
Video examples
Talk about your death...
He had the death he planned for. Because dad wanted to die at home, we had to have some pretty tough conversations and fill out a lot of paperwork. The questions on the forms cover everything from resuscitation to organ donation. Dad said, "Take whatever organs you can use."
Video examples
4 larger-than-life...
We all have the power to initiate change in our lives, to evolve and adapt. We make the choice, but sometimes life chooses for us, and we don't get a heads up. Surprise slams us in the face. You're flat on the ground, the air is gone, and you need resuscitation.
Video examples
How we can improve...
and had profuse uterine bleeding. By the time I got to the room, there were multiple doctors and nurses, and the patient was lifeless. The resuscitation team tried to bring her back to life, but despite everyone's best efforts, she died.
Video examples
Lynsey Addario: Lens on...
45 minutes resuscitating the baby. And they have very little there. They don't have traditional machines like we do that can-- oxygen and everything. They're literally smacking the baby and trying to bring the baby back to life.
Video examples
Tagging the Great White...
messages promising to deliver the most important data on the great whites lifecycle to date but right now the Sharks time out of the water is their primary concern the most important job isn't the tagging it's the resuscitation
Video examples
How does heart...
or any other conditions that could compromise a patient's chance of survival. The next step is to match an eligible recipient with a heart donor. Donors are often comatose patients with no chance of being resuscitated
Video examples
Sherwin Nuland: How...
Resuscitated the career, even better than it had been before. Went right back into the university and began to write books. Well, you know, it's been a wonderful life.
Video examples
The fish that walk on...
so it buries itself in the earth and coats its body in a mucus cocoon. It can survive like this for years until being resuscitated by the next big rainstorm.
Video examples
How I held my breath for...
He was underneath, not breathing for 45 minutes. When the rescue workers came, they resuscitated him and there was no brain damage.
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Quote examples
Charles Murray
American Scientist
Whatever the Victorians did right in England, we need to resuscitate over here. In the late 19th century, the entire English population were propagandised into buying into a certain code of morals. I would be happy if we could emulate that in some way in America.
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Robert Bresson
French Director
My movie is born first in my head, dies on paper; is resuscitated by the living persons and real objects I use, which are killed on film but, placed in a certain order and projected on to a screen, come to life again like flowers in water.
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Alex Zanardi
Italian Driver
My heart stopped seven times and I had to be resuscitated seven times. It's incredible I'm still here so every day I feel happy to have a second chance but I'm sorry to say I didn't see any tunnel or any light at the end of it.
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Maria Cantwell
American Politician
Taxpayers have put more than $24 trillion on the line to resuscitate Wall Street after the economic meltdown of last year. With the help of this massive taxpayer support, the nation's largest banks are posting record profits.
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Giambattista Valli
Italian Designer
The problem is that resuscitating old labels doesn't work anymore. I think it is very important to give hope to a new generation of designers, so that one day they really can put their own names out there.
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Sam Taylor-Johnson
English Director
I hate rats. I had a pet rat to try and overcome it. I even gave him mouth-to mouth resuscitation when he had a heart attack. But I couldn't conquer it.
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Aleksandar Hemon
Bosniak Writer
When I found myself in the U.S., and the war was at full swing in Bosnia, I read for survival - it was a means of thought resuscitation.
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George A. Moore
Irish Novelist
To what better purpose can a man's energy be devoted, and his talents, than the resuscitation of his country's language?
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John Eaton
American Composer
Well, opera began with an intent to resuscitate Greek drama, that is, modern opera as we know it.
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Dominic Grieve
British Politician
Any politician can talk about resuscitating public trust.
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Charles Murray
American Scientist
Whatever the Victorians did right in England, we need to resuscitate over here. In the late 19th century, the entire English population were propagandised into buying into a certain code of morals. I would be happy if we could emulate that in some way in America.
Quote examples
Robert Bresson
French Director
My movie is born first in my head, dies on paper; is resuscitated by the living persons and real objects I use, which are killed on film but, placed in a certain order and projected on to a screen, come to life again like flowers in water.
Quote examples
Alex Zanardi
Italian Driver
My heart stopped seven times and I had to be resuscitated seven times. It's incredible I'm still here so every day I feel happy to have a second chance but I'm sorry to say I didn't see any tunnel or any light at the end of it.
Quote examples
Maria Cantwell
American Politician
Taxpayers have put more than $24 trillion on the line to resuscitate Wall Street after the economic meltdown of last year. With the help of this massive taxpayer support, the nation's largest banks are posting record profits.
Quote examples
Giambattista Valli
Italian Designer
The problem is that resuscitating old labels doesn't work anymore. I think it is very important to give hope to a new generation of designers, so that one day they really can put their own names out there.
Quote examples
Sam Taylor-Johnson
English Director
I hate rats. I had a pet rat to try and overcome it. I even gave him mouth-to mouth resuscitation when he had a heart attack. But I couldn't conquer it.
Quote examples
Aleksandar Hemon
Bosniak Writer
When I found myself in the U.S., and the war was at full swing in Bosnia, I read for survival - it was a means of thought resuscitation.
Quote examples
George A. Moore
Irish Novelist
To what better purpose can a man's energy be devoted, and his talents, than the resuscitation of his country's language?
Quote examples
John Eaton
American Composer
Well, opera began with an intent to resuscitate Greek drama, that is, modern opera as we know it.
Quote examples
Dominic Grieve
British Politician
Any politician can talk about resuscitating public trust.
Example 1 of 10
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