activate vs burn out

activate

verb
  • To render a substance radioactive. 

  • To organize or create a military unit or station. 

  • To bring a player back after an injury. 

  • To put a device, mechanism (alarm etc.) or system into action or motion; to trigger, to actuate, to set off, to enable. 

  • To hasten a chemical reaction, especially by heating. 

  • To render more reactive; excite. 

  • To remove the limitations of demoware by providing a license; to unlock. 

  • To render a molecule reactive, active, or effective in performing its function. 

  • To encourage development or induce increased activity; to stimulate. 

  • To aerate in order to aid decomposition of organic matter. 

burn out

verb
  • To make (someone) unavailable for work involving exposure to ionizing radiation by employing (the person) in such work until the person's accumulated exposure reaches the maximum permitted for an administrative period, typically a year. 

  • To end one's shift at a job. 

  • To have one's tires skid against the ground; to peel off, peel out. 

  • To destroy by fire. 

  • To cause (someone) to tire due to overwork; to cause (someone) to overwork to one's limit. 

  • To tire due to overwork; to overwork to their limit. 

  • To become extinguished due to lack of fuel. 

  • To become nonfunctional (especially of lightbulbs or similar light-producing devices). 

noun
  • (of a person) The condition of tiredness due to overwork. 

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