Activate and Tries

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Activate verb - To cause to function.

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Tries is an antonym for activate.

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Activate is an antonym for tries in bother topic.

In Cheer, Jo tries to activate the mysterious (and thus far useless) wand she's found via Grayskull phrases, similar to Peter Parker trying to use his weblines in the first Spider-Man movie.

Source: By the Power of Grayskull! aka: By The Power Of Greyskull
When Finn tries to activate the special weapon Bomba, he realizes that he can't do it without his controller.

Source: Deconstructed Trope / Western Animation
Confirmed in episode 4 when Professor Denton tries to activate Heroman, but can't.

Source: Manga / Heroman

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