inactivate
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
inactive + -ate or in- + activate
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
inactivate (third-person singular simple present inactivates, present participle inactivating, simple past and past participle inactivated)
- (transitive) To make inactive.
- 1974, Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, The Mote in God's Eye
- 'Computer inactivated,' Crawford reported. 'I get nothing at all.'
- 1974, Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, The Mote in God's Eye
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to put out of action
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