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What does inactivate mean?

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Verb
  1. To make inactive.
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However, in the case of an outbreak of avian influenza, that treatment is insufficient to inactivate the avian influenza virus.
These antioxidants and enzymes remove or inactivate the free radicals.
Their action ends when endopeptidases in the kidney or blood vessels inactivate them.
Aquifers even have the capacity to inactivate harmful microorganisms like viruses, a prowess which is the object of intensive research.
Extracts in which no attempt was made to inactivate the enzymes present proved unsatisfactory.
Shellfish processors may be more willing to perform high pressure processing once it's been conclusively shown to inactivate norovirus.

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