Activate and Try

Opposite meaning words

Activate verb - To cause to function.

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Try is an antonym for activate.

Try verb - To subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress.

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Activate is an antonym for try in bother topic.

Nearby Words: tried, trying

power	activate power	try power
attack	activate attack	try attack
series	activate series	try series
plan	activate plan	try plan
Other words: door, magic, gun, times, powers.

Claude, from Heroes, while trying to teach Peter Petrelli how to use his powers, pushed him off the roof of a skyscraper to try and activate his flight ability.

Source: Sink-or-Swim Mentor
Your Head Asplode: Referenced in Project A, For Astral when Jade decides to try and activate the Sheep Talisman's magic and comments that she hopes "it isn't the exploding head talisman."

Source: Western Animation / Jackie Chan Adventures
As the vulnerable part of the Ray is usually too high for an ordinary jump, you usually need to activate the pogo stick to hit it, and in some cases it's very tempting to try and activate the pogo stick near the machine.... Earth-Shattering Kaboom: In Earth Explodes, you can activate it yourself.

Source: Video Game / Commander Keen

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