rose from the dead

Verb

rise from the dead (third-person singular simple present rises from the dead, present participle rising from the dead, simple past rose from the dead, past participle risen from the dead)

1. To become alive (or undead) after having died.
   • The story of dead Ebola victims rising from the dead, with the first "picture" of one of the zombies that has gone viral, (if it weren't glaringly obvious) is a hoax.2014 October 6, Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith, “Ebola 'risen from the dead' zombie story is a complete hoax”, in Independent
2. (figuratively) To come back into general use after becoming obsolete.