The Collaborative International Dictionary
inactivate \inactivate\ v. t. [imp. & p. p. inactivated; p. pr. & vb. n. inactivating.] to make inactive; as, boiling will inactivate most enzymes; acetylation of the antibiotic inactivated it.
Syn: deactivate.
Note: To inactivate an enzyme or chemical usually renders it permanently inactive; to inactivate a machine (as by turning a switch) may be reversible, and for machines and devices, the term deactivate is usually used. The distinction is worth preserving.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: inactivate)
Usage examples of "inactivated".
Once I blocked the exit, however, energy piled up within the lobes at once and, in a tiny fraction of a second, the temperature had risen to the point where the brain protein inactivated explosively and it was dead.
If all robots on the estate are inactivated and all power is off, Ruler Bander must be dead.
If it's inactivated, or if she sees anything she doesn't like, the full recording can go over the Net to Central at once.
The bacteria can be filtered out, the toxin inactivated by formaldehyde and the toxoid (inactivated toxin) concentrated.