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inactivate

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Verb (transitive)
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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb inactivate has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

inactivatev. t. 
     to make inactive; as, boiling will inactivate most enzymes; acetylation of the antibiotic inactivated it.  [WordNet 1.5]
    " To inactivate an enzyme or chemical usually renders it permanently inactive; to inactivate a machine (as by turning a switch) may be reversible, and for machines and devices, the term deactivate is usually used. The distinction is worth preserving."  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

inactivate, v.tr. make inactive or inoperative.

Derivative
inactivation n.

THESAURUS

inactivate

bugger, cripple, de-energize, debilitate, disable, disenable, drain, enfeeble, hamstring, hors de combat, incapacitate, kibosh, lame, maim, put, queer, queer the works, sabotage, spike, unfit, weaken, wing, wreck

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inactivate

Unproductiveness

VB be unproductive, hang fire, flash in the pan, come to nothing, sterilize, addle, disable, inactivate.

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