Definitions for inactivate
ɪnˈæk təˌveɪtin·ac·ti·vate

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. demobilize, inactivate, demobiliseverb

   release from military service or remove from the active list of military service

2. inactivate, deactivateverb

   make inactive

   "they deactivated the file"

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1. inactivateverb

   to make inactive; as, boiling will inactivate most enzymes; acetylation of the antibiotic inactivated it.

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1. inactivateverb

   To make inactive.

2. Etymology: From inactive + -ate.

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1. inactivate

   To inactivate means to make something inactive or unable to function. This could refer to stopping a system, process, enzyme or virus from operating, or disabling an account, device or software. The term can be used in various fields such as biology, technology, and chemistry among others.

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1. vaticinate

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of inactivate in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of inactivate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of inactivate in a Sentence

1. Wayne Koff:

   For the older ones, you identify the virus, either inactivate it or weaken it, and inject it, you trick the body into thinking it is infected with the actual virus, and when you're exposed, you mount a robust immune response.

2. Angela Rasmussen:

   When you eat any kind of food, whether it be hot or cold, that food is going to go straight down into your stomach, where there's a high acidity, low-pH environment that will inactivate the virus.

3. George Dimopoulos:

   The problem is that these GM mutants have a fitness cost, current studies are addressing this issue, trying to find ways of making these mosquitoes as competitive as the wild type. One way of perhaps doing this is to inactivate the parasite-host factor, FREP1, in the adult female gut only, as opposed to the entire mosquito at all developmental stages. One can also integrate our strategy with a so-called gene-drive to more effectively drive the mutation into a mosquito population.

4. Erin Bromage:

   Properly balanced UV light will inactivate viruses and bacteria in the air, which just adds an extra layer to the protection coming from the air purifier.

5. Wayne Koff:

   For the older ones you identify the virus, either inactivate it or weaken it, and inject it, you trick the body into thinking it is infected with the actual virus and when you're exposed you mount a robust immune response.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=inactivate
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=inactivate
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Inactivate
4. ^ ChatGPT
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