verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

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

Synonyms

All synonyms

buggercripplede energizede-energizedeactivatedebilitate

Antonyms

All antonyms

activate

Example

More examples

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

Etymology

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

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