Definition

1. Verb:
   • To revive from unconsciousness or apparent death: To restore to life or consciousness, especially after a period of unconsciousness, cardiac arrest, or respiratory failure.
   • To restore to activity, vigor, or notice: To bring back into use, popularity, or active existence.

Usage

• The primary use of "resuscitate" is in medical or emergency contexts to describe the act of reviving a person.
• It can also be used metaphorically to describe reviving ideas, practices, or organizations.

Examples

• Medical Context:
  • Paramedics worked frantically to resuscitate the heart attack victim.
  • The new protocol helped the team successfully resuscitate the patient.
• Metaphorical Context:
  • The grant money helped resuscitate the failing community theater program.
  • They hope the new marketing campaign will resuscitate interest in the classic novel.

Advanced Usage

• "to resuscitate hopes/plans": to restore hope or revive plans that were failing or abandoned.
  • The promising data resuscitated hopes for a cure.
• "to resuscitate a conversation": to restart a conversation that had stalled or ended.
  • He asked a question to resuscitate the dying conversation.

Variants and Related Words

• Resuscitation (n): The action or process of resuscitating someone or something.
  • Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a vital first aid skill.
• Resuscitator (n): A device or person that resuscitates, especially a device used to maintain breathing.
  • The ambulance was equipped with a portable resuscitator.

Synonyms

• Revive: To restore to life or consciousness.
• Reanimate: To restore to life; to give fresh vigor to.
• Revitalize: To imbue with new life and vitality.

Antonyms

• Extinguish: To cause (a fire or light) to cease to burn or shine; to end the existence of.
• Suppress: To forcibly put an end to.

Related Phrases

• Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR): An emergency procedure involving chest compressions and often artificial ventilation.
  • Knowing CPR can help you resuscitate someone in cardiac arrest.

Verb

1. return to consciousness
   • The patient came to quickly
   • She revived after the doctor gave her an injection
2. cause to regain consciousness
   • The doctors revived the comatose man