inactivate

v. t.

1.

to make inactive; as, boiling will inactivate most enzymes; acetylation of the antibiotic inactivated it. [imp. & p. p. inactivated ; p. pr. & vb. n. inactivating.]

Verb	1.	inactivate - release from military service or remove from the active list of military service Synonyms: demobilise, demobilize
	2.	inactivate - make inactive; "they deactivated the file" Synonyms: deactivate Antonyms: activate - make active or more active; "activate an old file"

bugger, cripple, de-energize, debilitate, disable, disenable, drain, enfeeble, hamstring, hors de combat, incapacitate, kibosh, lame, maim, put, queer, queer the works, sabotage, spike, unfit, weaken, wing, wreck