resurrectverb [ T ]
uk/ˌrez.ərˈekt/us/ˌrez.əˈrekt/to bring someone back to life:
Almost all Christians believe that Jesus was resurrected from the dead.
to bring back something into use or existence that had disappeared or ended:
Several members of the party have resurrected the idea of constitutional change.
She has been busily trying to resurrect her Hollywood career.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Restoring and reviving
- ball
- bounce
- lick your wounds idiom
- modernize
- move
- move with the times idiom
- pick
- pick up/take the ball and run with it idiom
- rejuvenate
- rekindle
- renaissance
- restoration
- restore
- revival
- revive
- revivify
- rise
- rise from the dead/grave idiom
- salvage
- snap
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