RESUSCITATE


Meaning of RESUSCITATE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ rɪsʌsɪteɪt ]

( resuscitates, resuscitating, resuscitated)

1.

If you resuscitate someone who has stopped breathing, you cause them to start breathing again.

A policeman and then a paramedic tried to resuscitate her.

VERB : V n

• re‧sus‧ci‧ta‧tion

Despite attempts at resuscitation, Mr Lynch died a week later in hospital.

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2.

If you resuscitate something, you cause it to become active or successful again.

He has submitted a bid to resuscitate the struggling magazine.

= revive

VERB : V n

• re‧sus‧ci‧ta‧tion

The economy needs vigorous resuscitation.

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