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Inactivate

//ɪˈnæktɪveɪt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To make inactive. transitive

    "'Computer inactivated,' Crawford reported. 'I get nothing at all.'"

  2. 2
    make inactive wordnet
  3. 3
    release from military service or remove from the active list of military service wordnet

Etymology

From inactive + -ate (verb-forming suffix) or in- + activate.

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