- 1to make someone start breathing again or become conscious again after they have almost died synonym revive He had a heart attack and all attempts to resuscitate him failed.
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- 2(figurative) efforts to resuscitate the economy
resuscitate
verbNAmE//rɪˈsʌsəˌteɪt//
resuscitate somebody/somethingVerb Forms present simple I / you / we / they resuscitate he / she / it resuscitates
past simple resuscitated
-ing form resuscitating
NAmE//rɪˌsʌsəˈteɪʃn//
noun [uncountable] frantic attempts at resuscitation see mouth-to-mouth resuscitationSee resuscitate in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: resuscitate