Certain comic book heroes use magic words to activate their super powers.

To activate his powers, he used number commands, one of which was 86 and that destroyed things.

If the two are out of reach of each other, they are unable to activate their powers.

While he's still unable to completely activate his powers, he does manage to break the device they'd been using to control the Torch.

Rasputin visits Liz as she sleeps, activating her powers and almost destroying the hospital.

It was when the girl was about to kill herself that Hope arrived and was able to fully activate her powers.

The old man agrees to let the boy play on the precious instrument, but he can not activate its powers after a long and difficult training.

In both 3rd and 3.5 editions, Psions expend power points to activate their psionic powers.

Keeping Thomas' ring, Dan finds he can activate his powers by slamming both rings together.

The extract interacts with a latent gene that Ralph has, thus activating his super powers.