inactivate

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɪˈnæktɪveɪt/

Verb

inactivate (third-person singular simple present inactivates, present participle inactivating, simple past and past participle inactivated)

To make inactive.

Translations

to put out of action

Maori: whakakaurapa

References

"'Computer inactivated, Crawford reported. 'I get nothing at all.'" - Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, The Mote in God's Eye, 1974

Anagrams

vaticinate

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