activateverb [ T ]
uk/ˈæk.tɪ.veɪt/us/ˈæk.tə.veɪt/to cause something to start:
The alarm is activated by the lightest pressure.
specialized chemistry to make a chemical reaction happen more quickly, especially by heating
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Causing things to happen
- -ization
- -ize
- actuation
- agent
- awaken (sth) in sb
- be associated with sth
- beget
- draw
- fuel
- instigate
- instigator
- introduce
- lie
- plant
- produce
- rise
- usher
- usher sth in
- wreak
- wrought
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activation
noun [ U ] uk/ˌæk.tɪˈveɪ.ʃən/us/ˌæk.təˈveɪ.ʃən/