INACTIVATE

inactivate, deactivate

(verb) make inactive; “they deactivated the file”

demobilize, inactivate, demobilise

(verb) release from military service or remove from the active list of military service

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

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

(transitive) To make inactive.

Anagrams

• vaticinate

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

6 June 2025

PUNGENCY

(noun) wit having a sharp and caustic quality; “he commented with typical pungency”; “the bite of satire”


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Coffee Trivia

There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.

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