By deactivating certain genes, scientists were able to grow chicken embryos with dinosaur snouts instead of beaks.
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Deactivating
Synonyms for "deactivating" (22 found)
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Noun(5 words)
Strong matches (6)
Noun(6 words)
Related words (11)
Noun(11 words)
immobilizinginactivateinactivatinginactivationinactive stateneutralizeneutralizingquenchingrevoke credentialssuspend accesssuspending
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12 entriesaccess controlbiochemical descriptorconditiondescriptive terminactivationmodulationoperationprocesssecurity actionsecurity measurestatestate change descriptor
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26 entriesaccess key deactivationaccount deactivatingaccount deactivationaccount disablementapplication deactivatingbiochemical deactivatingchemical deactivatingcircuit cut-offcredential revocationelectrical deactivatingenzymatic deactivatingenzyme inactivationfeature deactivatingfeature disablementinactive statusmechanical deactivating
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Collocations
13 entriesdeactivating actiondeactivating agentdeactivating devicedeactivating enzymedeactivating functiondeactivating measuredeactivating mechanismdeactivating proceduredeactivating processdeactivating protocoldeactivating reactiondeactivating statedeactivating step
Inflections
5 entriesDerivations
6 entriesSample sentences
1 total sentences available.