activated

Meanings

• put in motion or move to act
• make active or more active
• make more adsorptive
• aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter
• make (substances) radioactive
• (of sewage) treated with aeration and bacteria to aid decomposition
• (of e.g. a molecule) made reactive or more reactive
• rendered active; e.g. rendered radioactive or luminescent or photosensitive or conductive
• (military) set up and placed on active assignment
  • "a newly activated unit"

Synonyms

activate, actuate, aerate, excited, set off, spark, spark off, touch off, trigger, trigger off, trip