1. The process of rendering inactive
   "the gene inactivation system"; "thermal inactivation of serum samples" 
2. Breaking up a military unit (by transfers or discharges)
   - deactivation

Derived forms: inactivations

See also: inactivate

Type of: action, activity, discharge, dismissal, dismission, firing, heave-ho, liberation, natural action, natural process, release, sack, sacking

Antonym: activation

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