inactivate

🇺🇸 /ɪnˈæktɪveɪt/ 🇬🇧 /ɪnˈæktɪveɪt/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags RARE
verb
R

to make something unable to work or act

Putting the machine in sleep mode will inactivate it for a while.

translation

v. to make something unable to work or act

Word Forms

3rd Present inactivates
Past inactivated
Perfect inactivated
Progressive inactivating