verb
definition
To make inactive.
Examples of inactivate in a Sentence
Sedentary living and sun damage also inactivate the skin.
These antibodies bind to the surface proteins but do not inactivate the virus.
Surprisingly, the results showed that Virkon was the only disinfectant to completely inactivate the parvovirus.
We are developing new methods, for instance using cleavage by highly specific proteases, to inactivate proteins in fission yeast.
Heat can inactivate the effectiveness of venom, so applying heat to the affected bug bite area should relieve the itch.
Iron and calcium are known to bind to drugs of the tetracycline family and inactivate the antibiotic.
Mutations that inactivate the RET gene are the most frequent, occurring in 50 percent of familial cases (cases which run in families) and 15 to 20 percent of sporadic (non-familial) cases.
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a way to inactivate the parts of the brain thought to cause overactivity or tremor in certain muscles, without destroying a part of the brain.
Vitamin C was also able to inactivate other viruses in vitro, including herpes simplex, rabies, and tobacco mosaic virus.