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deinactivate

deinactivate verb: to cause or to undergo deinactivation.

Verb

deinactivate (third-person singular simple present deinactivates, present participle deinactivating, simple past and past participle deinactivated)

  1. To cause or to undergo deinactivation.

Forms of deinactivate

third-person singular presentdeinactivates
present participledeinactivating
past participledeinactivated
pastdeinactivated

Origin of deinactivate

From de- + inactivate.

Questions about deinactivate

What does deinactivate mean?
Deinactivate means to cause or to undergo deinactivation.
What part of speech is deinactivate?
Deinactivate is a verb.
What is the past tense of deinactivate?
The past tense of deinactivate is deinactivated.

Words near deinactivate in the dictionary

  1. deimperialized
  2. deimperializes
  3. deimperializing
  4. dein
  5. deinacridine
  6. deinactivate
  7. deinactivated
  8. deinactivates
  9. deinactivating
  10. deinactivation
  11. deinactivations

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