to inactivate
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7.2
- verb
- /ˌɪnˈæktɪveɪt/
- Formal
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- For example, hydralazine and isoniazid are inactivated by acetylation, a process involving enzyme action.
Examples
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Inactivated vaccines against hepatitis A are highly effective and safe and are universally recommended for this occupational group.
Academic text (2007) -
Scientists can also inactivate genes or insert genes where they wouldn't normally occur.
Academic text (2011) -
The World Health Organization, Health Canada, and the United States Centers for Disease Control endorse the use of currently available inactivated hepatitis A vaccines.
Academic text (2007) -
A final cadre will remain in Grafenwöhr before the brigade officially inactivates.
Blog text (15) -
The Army decided to inactivate the regiment due to reduced personnel levels.
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After years of service, the unit was officially inactivated and returned to the reserve list.
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Following the restructuring of the military, many divisions were inactivated as part of the cost-saving measures.
Synonyms
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4.4
Officially release someone from a duty, job, or responsibility
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6.5
To officially take a ship, factory, or machine out of use
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4.3
To take a person or unit out of active service
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7.5
To release soldiers from military service and return them to civilian life
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7.2
Officially let a member of the military leave after their service ends
To release someone from the military after their service
To send soldiers, teams, and equipment home and stop military or emergency activity
Antonyms
How Active
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6.1
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5.6
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5.1
- Formal
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7.2
- Specialized
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7.5
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4.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Inactivate comes from in- 'not' and active, which is related to act meaning 'to do'. In a military sense, to inactivate a ship or unit is to make it 'not active' on the service list, in other words to take it out of active duty.