Associations to the word «Inactivation»

Wiktionary

INACTIVATION, noun. The process of rendering something inactive

Dictionary definition

INACTIVATION, noun. The process of rendering inactive; "the gene inactivation system"; "thermal inactivation of serum samples".
INACTIVATION, noun. Breaking up a military unit (by transfers or discharges).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats