Inactivate

//ɪˈnæktɪveɪt//

Synonyms for "inactivate" (29 found)

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Closest matches (6)

bugger cripple de energize de-energize debilitate

Verb(1 words)

deactivate

Strong matches (9)

Verb(2 words)

demobilise demobilize

demobilize disable discharge disenable drain enfeeble hamstring

Related words (14)

hors de combat incapacitate kibosh lame maim put queer queer the works sabotage spike unfit weaken wing wreck

Related word relations

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8 relation types

More general

5 entries

alter change discharge modify muster out

Antonyms

1 entries

activate

Synonyms

1 entries

demobilize

Related terms

2 entries

deactivate disactivate

derived

8 entries

deinactivate inactivatable inactivator noninactivating phosphoinactivating photoinactivate thermoinactivate uninactivated

derived from

1 entries

inactive

manner of

1 entries

change

related to

1 entries

inactive

Translations

3 translations across 3 languages.

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

使不活動 /使不活动 verb (to put out of action)

Japanese

1 entries

不活発にする verb (to put out of action)

Māori

1 entries

whakakaurapa verb (to put out of action)

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

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

Source: wiktionary

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