Deactivating

verb

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Verb

1
present participle and gerund of deactivate form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

assassinate baptize break up cancel dash debrief

Example

"By deactivating certain genes, scientists were able to grow chicken embryos with dinosaur snouts instead of beaks."

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