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bring back to life

VERB
recharge
Synonyms
STRONGEST
refresh regenerate rejuvenate
STRONG
energize invigorate renew restore resuscitate revive
WEAK
bounce back breathe new life into come to life reenergize
Antonyms
STRONGEST
destroy kill ruin
VERB
resuscitate
Synonyms
STRONGEST
energize invigorate rejuvenate restore resurrect revitalize
STRONG
arouse awaken enkindle enliven renovate save
WEAK
breathe new life into bring to come to life give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation perform CPR wake up
Antonyms
STRONGEST
destroy
STRONG
bore

Example Sentences

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Ms. Ziegelman pores over the pages of many memory books—for Luboml as well as other similarly fated towns—to bring back to life the vanished world of Eastern European Jewry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

But for one former software company CEO, the opportunity to bring back to life a derelict 19th Century Napoleonic fort brought with it more challenges than he had ever anticipated.

From BBC • Aug. 16, 2025

But at times it also felt like the hollowed-out carcass of festivals past that we were trying to bring back to life.

From Washington Post • Jan. 29, 2023

Now, we can choose what we bring back to life.

From New York Times • Nov. 28, 2022

This plant that he’d bring back to life, just ’cause that’s what E.T.s do, that’s what they’re good at.

From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle