inactivate

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: in=ac=ti=vate

CIDE DICTIONARY

inactivate, v. t. 

 to make inactive; as, boiling will inactivate most enzymes; acetylation of the antibiotic inactivated it.  [WordNet 1.5]
" To inactivate an enzyme or chemical usually renders it permanently inactive; to inactivate a machine (as by turning a switch) may be reversible, and for machines and devices, the term deactivate is usually used. The distinction is worth preserving."  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

inactivate, v.tr. make inactive or inoperative.

Derivative

inactivation n.

THESAURUS

inactivate

bugger, cripple, de-energize, debilitate, disable, disenable, drain, enfeeble, hamstring, hors de combat, incapacitate, kibosh, lame, maim, put, queer, queer the works, sabotage, spike, unfit, weaken, wing, wreck

ROGET THESAURUS

inactivate

Unproductiveness

VB be unproductive, hang fire, flash in the pan, come to nothing, sterilize, addle, disable, inactivate.