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INACTIVATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make inactive

Example:

they deactivated the file

Synonyms:

deactivate; inactivate

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "inactivate" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "inactivate"):

paralyse; paralyze (make powerless and unable to function)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Antonym:

activate (make active or more active)

Derivation:

inactivation (the process of rendering inactive)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Release from military service or remove from the active list of military service

Synonyms:

demobilise; demobilize; inactivate

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "inactivate" is one way to...):

discharge; muster out (release from military service)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

inactivation (breaking up a military unit (by transfers or discharges))

Credits

 Context examples: 

Modestly selective for COX-2, this agent binds to the enzyme, thereby inactivating it.

(Nimesulide, NCI Thesaurus)

Activated by bacterial flavoproteins to intermediates that inactivate bacterial ribosomal proteins, Nitrofurantoin is used prophylactically as a urinary anti-infective agent against most gram-positive and gram-negative organisms and for long-term suppression of infections.

(Nitrofurantoin, NCI Thesaurus)

First, Cdc25 is inactivated by CHK kinases.

(Negative Regulation of G2 to M Transition, NCI Thesaurus)

Nafcillin binds to and inactivates penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) located on the inner membrane of the bacterial cell wall.

(Nafcillin Sodium Anhydrous, NCI Thesaurus)

The altered protein may be partially or completely inactivated, resulting in a change or loss of protein function.

(Nonsense Mutation, NCI Dictionary)

Aspoxicillin binds to and inactivates penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) located on the inner membrane of the bacterial cell wall.

(Aspoxicillin, NCI Thesaurus)

A heat-inactivated preparation of Corynebacterium parvum with immunoadjuvant properties.

(Attenuated Corynebacterium Parvum, NCI Thesaurus)

This inactivates fibrinogen and leads to a reduction in blood viscosity, increases blood flow and perfusion of the microcirculation.

(Ancrod, NCI Thesaurus)

An immunoconjugate of the anti-dopamine-b-hydroxylase monoclonal antibody covalently linked to the ribosome-inactivating protein (RIP) saporin derived from Saponaria officinalis.

(Anti-Dopamine-b-Hydroxylase Monoclonal Antibody-Saporin, NCI Thesaurus)

Complexes with and inactivates Rb protein resulting in disruption of cell cycle regulation.

(Papillomavirus Transforming Protein E7, NCI Thesaurus)