to resurrect

Examples

• All

• We have technology to resurrect even extinct species.

  High Performance

• He had to not only die on that cross, but then be resurrected from the dead so that when we die, we can be resurrected as well.

  Shawn Ryan Show

• Let's suppose that come Judgement Day, God will resurrect the dead.

• We will resurrect you, Lord Kronos.

  Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013)

• Those who were resurrected only lived through one day of renewed life.

  A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)

• Both verses contain the promise of the presence of the resurrected Christ in the Church.

  Academic text (2004)

• Luke and John make much of post-Easter appearances, writing elaborately of Jesus' resurrected life.

  Academic text (2006)

• PHOTO: Extinct for 200,000 years, Gigantopithecus is resurrected in a modern mock-up.

  Academic text (1991)

• In Murasaki, Genji unconsciously felt the presence of that beloved resurrected mother for whom he always longed.

  Academic text (1992)

• Many scientists hope to resurrect extinct animals using advanced genetic techniques.

Synonyms

R

to revive

vsto resurrect

113 4.2

Make something active or popular again after a time of being forgotten

focuses on actual return from death, not only renewal of activity

B

to bring back to life

vsto resurrect

58 4.8

To make people and things alive or working again

is specific to return after death, extinction, or disappearance

R

to raise

vsto resurrect

• Literature

57 9.1

To cause a spirit or dead person to come, often by magic

is focused on restoring existence after death rather than initial summoning

R

to rise again

vsto resurrect

52 5.7

Come back to life or return to activity after a time away

stresses return specifically from a state of death or disappearance

R

to reestablish

vsto resurrect

37 4.3

To bring back something that stopped or was lost

is more specific to revival from death, extinction, or disappearance

R

to rekindle

vsto resurrect

32 5.1

Make a feeling or interest strong again

is about actual return to life, not only emotional or symbolic renewal

R

to raise the dead

vsto resurrect

28 9.9

Make a dead person alive again using magic or other power

is broader and can apply beyond purely supernatural acts

C

to come back from the dead

vsto resurrect

• Informal

23 5.5

Become successful or active again after a long time away

is literal return to life or existence rather than metaphorical recovery

R

to reanimate

vsto resurrect

14 7.2

To bring back life and energy to a person or thing

refers especially to coming back from death or complete loss

R

to return from the dead

vsto resurrect

7 7.9

To come back to life or appear again after people thought it was gone

emphasizes deliberate restoration from death or total disappearance

R

to regenerate

vsto resurrect

4 5.5

Bring something back to a better or original state

is narrower, centring on revival from death or complete loss

R

to respawn

vsto resurrect

• Jargon

2 6.4

To appear again in the game after being defeated

covers literal return to life outside the specific game context

U

to upraise

vsto resurrect

• Archaic

1 9.9

To bring something dead back to life

is the standard term for literal return from death or extinction

Antonyms

K

to kill

• NSFW

∞ 1.0

Cause the death of a person, animal, or other living thing

E

to extinguish

14 5.5

End something completely, for example a custom or a debt

How Complete

to resurrect

59 7.3

to resuscitate

41 7.2

to revive

66 4.1

to awaken

66 1.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology