Activation
Activation noun - The activity of causing to have energy and be active.
Thought and activation are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Thought" instead a noun "Activation".
Thought
Thought noun - A careful weighing of the reasons for or against something.
Activation and thought are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Activation" instead a noun "Thought".
Both words in one sentence
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Gyro Gearloose set the activation word for the Gizmoduck suit to "blabbering blatherskite", because he thought nobody used that expression.
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The pirates in "Wild Horses" are defeated by their own virus; the delivery mechanism accidentally attaches to their own ship, and none of them ever thought to program in a manual activation switch so the virus is immediately uploaded.
Source: Anime / Cowboy Bebop -
Both types, however, usually need some kind of secondary input device (voice activation, thought control, computer assisted action module, traditional keyboard, etc.) to compensate for anything non-human in the mecha, like propulsion, integrated weapons, etc.
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