activated
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- v put in motion or move to act
- v make active or more active
- v make more adsorptive
- v aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter
- v make (substances) radioactive
- s (of sewage) treated with aeration and bacteria to aid decomposition
- s (of e.g. a molecule) made reactive or more reactive
- s rendered active; e.g. rendered radioactive or luminescent or photosensitive or conductive
- s (military) set up and placed on active assignment
a newly activated unit
- Inside the can go the chemicals (two parts activated charcoal, one part soda lime) wrapped in the handkerchiefs.
- It looks like an ordinary mirror most of the time, but when it's activated, an ethereal face appears on its surface, and it makes timely pronouncements--that a car has arrived in .
- The husks are heated to 1,600F; the activated carbon (also found in water and air filters) is infused into yarns that make up the material.