See inactivate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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],
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],
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],
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],
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],
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],
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],
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],
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],
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],
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],
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],
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],
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{
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{
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},
{
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},
{
"word": "phosphoinactivating"
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{
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{
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21
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"ref": "1974, Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, The Mote in God's Eye:",
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],
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{
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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],
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],
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"etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *né\nProto-Indo-European *n̥-\nProto-Italic *n̥-\nLatin in-\nProto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-\nProto-Indo-European *-eti\nProto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti\nProto-Italic *agō\nLatin agō\nProto-Indo-European *-wós\nProto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.\nLatin -īvus\n▲\nAncient Greek ἐνεργητῐκός (energētĭkós)sl.\nLatin āctīvus\nLatin ināctīvuslbor.\nFrench inactifder.\nEnglish inactive\nProto-Indo-European *-h₂\nProto-Indo-European *-éh₂\nProto-Indo-European *-tós\nProto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos\nProto-Italic *-ātos\nLatin -ātuslbor.\nEnglish -ate\nEnglish inactivate\nFrom inactive + -ate (verb-forming suffix) or in- + activate.",
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"ref": "1974, Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, The Mote in God's Eye:",
"text": "'Computer inactivated,' Crawford reported. 'I get nothing at all.'",
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"glosses": [
"To make inactive."
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"(transitive) To make inactive."
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "shǐ bùhuódòng",
"sense": "to put out of action",
"word": "使不活動 /使不活动"
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"alt": "ふかっぱつにする",
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