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