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Inactivate   /ɪnˈæktɪvˌeɪt/   Listen
Inactivate

verb
(past & past part. inactivated; pres. part. inactivating)
1.
Release from military service or remove from the active list of military service.  Synonyms: demobilise, demobilize.  Antonym: mobilize.
2.
Make inactive.  Synonym: deactivate.  Antonym: activate.





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... quantity of lymphoid exudate and pleural effusion. Secondary invaders and pus-forming bacteria follow the viral destruction of the lung tissue and form abscesses. Breathing becomes progressively more difficult as more lung tissue is destroyed. Hepatization and necrosis inactivate more lung tissue as the bacteria get in their dirty work, and finally ...
— Pandemic • Jesse Franklin Bone


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