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inachis |
inachis io |
inacquaintance |
inacquiescent |
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inactivate
| inactivation
| inactive
| inactively
| inactiveness
| inactivity
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inactivate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb inactivate has 2 senses
- inactivate(v = verb.competition) demobilise, demobilize - release from military service or remove from the active list of military service; Array is one way to discharge, muster out
- inactivate(v = verb.change) deactivate - make inactive; "they deactivated the file" is one way to alter, change, modify
Derived form noun inactivation2
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
Antonym: activate
Derived form noun inactivation1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
inactivate, v. 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]
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, wreckROGET THESAURUS
inactivate
Unproductiveness
VB be unproductive, hang fire, flash in the pan, come to nothing, sterilize, addle, disable, inactivate.
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