Activate
Activate verb - To cause to function.
Usage example: the thermostat is set to activate the heating system only when the temperature drops below 65 degrees
Cut
Cut verb - To penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife).
Both words in one sentence
- A contractor in Darker Than Black has to cut himself in order to activate his powers.
Source: Self-Harm - In Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Professor Brown has one half of the book that mentions the Substitutiary Locomotion spell, which appears to cut off just as it is about to mention the magic words that activate it.
Source: Two Halves Make a Plot - The Five Elements Restrained Seal Jiraiya puts on Naruto is the same one Orochimaru put on him in canon, only modified so he can activate it at will as an emergency measure to Cut the Juice on the Kyuubi.
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