woke

verb

variants also waked
Definition of wokenext
past tense of wake
1
as in awoke
to cause to stop sleeping my banging around in the kitchen woke my wife

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2
as in awaked
to cease to be asleep I woke with a start when the door slammed

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3
as in alerted
to give notice to beforehand especially of danger or risk a public service announcement designed to wake people to the dangers of aggressive driving

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for woke
  1. awoke
  2. awakened
  3. warned
Verb
  • Eighty-three years after the Pearl Harbor attacks, here's a look at some of the photos during and after the bombings that awoke the sleeping giant.
    James Powel, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
  • In Texas, Reese Hamsmith awoke one morning in 2020 congested and wheezing.
    Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2024
Definition of awoke
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  • They were awakened by the noise of broken glass, which frightened his eldest child.
    Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The stark beauty of Samuel Beckett’s absurdist classic, part music hall romp, part abstract painting, was awakened in a production starring two gifted comics who didn’t overplay their slapstick hands, Rainn Wilson and Aasif Mandvi.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of awakened
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  • Customers were warned against eating the affected items and urged to return them for a refund at the point of purchase.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Officials attribute the crisis to heavy rains and stagnant water, ideal breeding grounds for mosquitoes and warned last month that it cannot be controlled unless residents cooperate.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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