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to resuscitate

to resuscitate

43 7.2
To make someone breathe and wake again after they stop breathing
  • verb
  • /rɪˈsʌsɪˌteɪt/
translation icon : reanimar
  • Because that corner was very dangerous, I had stationed a very good doctor there and he reached him within seconds and resuscitated him.
  • do-not-resuscitate order
  • do-not-resuscitate (DNR)
  • decision to resuscitate

It will talk you through resuscitating a patient with cardiac arrest.

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Examples

  • When they arrived, they tried to resuscitate Burnett, but he died of his injuries.

    Blog text (13)

  • We were unable to resuscitate him.

    City of Angels (1998)

  • When she was resuscitated back to life at the hospital, she brought something back with her.

    Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013)

  • In Room 1, a pregnant woman is being resuscitated after an overdose of cocaine.

    Academic text (2011)

  • At ten-thirty, almost an hour after Harrison was resuscitated, he remained unconscious.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • And Paul Sheldon is pulled out of a car accident and resuscitated by a clearly demented fan.

    Academic text (2009)

  • Gigante administered last rites; however, doctors resuscitated Colombo, and he underwent five hours of surgery.

    Academic text (2016)

  • After several minutes of CPR, the paramedics were finally able to resuscitate the unconscious man.

  • The doctor quickly decided to resuscitate the patient who had collapsed during the procedure.

  • Emergency personnel rushed in to resuscitate the child who had nearly drowned in the pool.

Synonyms

to revive
vsto resuscitate
71 4.1

To make a person conscious again after fainting

focuses on restoring life after apparent death rather than only waking
to resurrect
vsto resuscitate
44 7.3

Bring back to life after death or a long absence

is used more for medical recovery from apparent death rather than literal after-death return
to reanimate
vsto resuscitate
16 7.2

To bring back life and energy to a person or thing

suggests a full return to life after appearing dead rather than just adding energy
to raise the dead
vsto resuscitate
9 9.9

Make a dead person alive again using magic or other power

is medical and emergency term for revival after apparent death rather than miraculous return
to bring back to life
vsto resuscitate
9 4.8

To make people and things alive or working again

is narrower, used for medical revival after fainting or apparent death
to upraise
vsto resuscitate
  • Archaic
5 9.9

To bring something dead back to life

is used commonly in medical contexts for recovery from fainting rather than literary revival

Antonyms

to kill
  • NSFW
∞ 1.0

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

to suffocate
  • NSFW
81 6.1

To have no air to breathe or to stop someone from getting air

How Revived

to reanimate
16 7.2
to resuscitate
43 7.2
to revive
71 4.1
to rouse
28 3.4

Surface Forms

resuscitate infinitive
resuscitated past
resuscitated past participle
resuscitating present participle
resuscitates third person singular

Morphology

resuscitate = suscitate (opaque) = re + suscit

Although the prefix 're-' is recognizable, the stem 'suscit' (and 'suscitate') is not a productive or familiar English base for most learners, so the meaning cannot be reliably derived.

Etymology

Resuscitate comes from the Latin parts re- 'again' and suscitare 'to wake or raise up', so it literally means 'wake again'. That's why to resuscitate someone is to bring them back to life or to wake them up again.