Inactivate
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transitive verb.
To render inactive.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To render inactive: applied to an immune serum the complement of which is being destroyed by heat or by age. Such a serum can be reactivated by the addition of fresh serum.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
transitive verb.
to make inactive.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
verb.
To make
inactive
.
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verb.
release from military service or remove from the active list of military service
verb.
make inactive
Word Usage
"Blood in the high risk category is used to make other blood products as technicians are able to "inactivate" the virus."
Form
inactivated
inactivating
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
discharge
muster out
Rhyme
Words with the same terminal sound
deactivate
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
bugger
cripple
de-energize
deactivate
debilitate
verb-form
inactivated
inactivates
inactivating