The phrase "attempt to activate" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing an effort to initiate or turn on a device, system, or process.
Example: "The technician will attempt to activate the new software update during the maintenance window."
Alternatives: "try to initiate" or "make an effort to turn on".
It's a real attempt to activate the senses and the brain at the same time.
An attempt to activate the blowout preventer after the fact, using undersea robots, also proved unsuccessful.
Timothy Snyder explains the goal: Propaganda is thus not a flawed description [of reality[, but a script for action … the invasion of Crimea was not a reaction to an actual threat, but rather an attempt to activate a threat so that violence would … change the world.
Since 2008, the attempt to activate ESA recipients has been a continual source of public concern, often focalising around the use (or abuse as the lobbies tend to argue) of the WCA in order to shift people off disability benefit and on to JSA.
The attempt to activate the emotions of audiences and to psychologically persuade is popular among advertisements.
Samus and the other bounty hunters attempt to activate the base's defense systems, when they are suddenly attacked by a newly armored Dark Samus.
In addition to the measurement of the basal PPP activity in neurons, we attempted to activate the neuronal PPP activity using sulforaphane or thapsigargin.
Users attempting to activate the iPhone 7 within a see-through bag or sports armband will have to remove the smartphone to do so.
Although BP attempted to activate the rig's blowout preventer (BOP), a fail-safe mechanism designed to close the channel through which oil was drawn, the device malfunctioned.
These differences constitute different types of governments' attempts to activate the state-industry innovation complex.
Each subject attempted to activate four virtual commands by inputting a sequence of cursor commands on an LCD screen.
