Vocabulary
Resurrect
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
restore (a dead person) to life.
Urdu meaning
دوبارہ زندہ ہونا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- We cannot resurrect those who have already died, but we can prevent the next death.
- Is it delusional to hope that whoever is chosen to head Vanity Fair will make it work in other words, would they be able to resurrect a supposedly dying institution?
- I would not want to resurrect her with AI, as is the fad these days in those strange ghostly clips which re-animate dead celebrities; I`ll leave resurrection up to the Divine.
- To resurrect Europe, America conceived the $13 billion Marshall Plan.
- He rejects a two-state solution to the Palestine problem and will try to resurrect the Abraham Accords to permanently defeat the aspirations of the Arab and Muslim people.
Synonyms
raise from the dead, restore to life, bring back to life, revive
Antonyms
extinguish, kill, quench, suppress
Curator example
“he queried whether Jesus was indeed resurrected”
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