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inactivate
Exact Match:
inactivate
make inactive; "they deactivated the file"
Synonyms:
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
Related Words:
de energize
collapse
related words >
bugger
,
cripple
,
debilitate
,
disable
,
disenable
,
drain
,
enfeeble
,
hamstring
,
hors de combat
,
inactivate
,
incapacitate
,
kibosh
,
lame
,
maim
,
put
,
queer
,
queer the works
,
sabotage
,
spike
,
unfit
,
weaken
,
wing
,
wreck
incapacitate
collapse
related words >
afflict
,
bugger
,
castrate
,
cripple
,
de-energize
,
deactivate
,
debilitate
,
derange
,
devitalize
,
disable
,
disarm
,
disenable
,
disorder
,
drain
,
emasculate
,
enervate
,
enfeeble
,
exhaust
,
hamstring
,
hobble
,
hors de combat
,
hospitalize
,
immobilize
,
impair
,
inactivate
,
indispose
,
invalid
,
kibosh
,
lame
,
lay up
,
maim
,
prostrate
,
put
,
queer
,
queer the works
,
reduce
,
sabotage
,
sicken
,
spike
,
unfit
,
weaken
,
wing
,
wound
,
wreck
kibosh
collapse
related words >
KO
,
bugger
,
call off
,
cancel
,
complete
,
cripple
,
de-energize
,
debilitate
,
delete
,
disable
,
disenable
,
dispose of
,
drain
,
drop the curtain
,
end off
,
enfeeble
,
expunge
,
extinguish
,
finalize
,
finish
,
fold up
,
get it over
,
get over with
,
get through with
,
give the quietus
,
hamstring
,
hors de combat
,
inactivate
,
incapacitate
,
kayo
,
kill
,
knock out
,
lame
,
maim
,
perfect
,
polish off
,
put
,
put paid to
,
queer
,
queer the works
,
sabotage
,
scrag
,
shoot down
,
spike
,
unfit
,
weaken
,
wing
,
wipe out
,
wreck
,
zap
disable
collapse
injure permanently; "He was disabled in a car accident"
make unable to perform a certain action; "disable this command on your computer"
related words >
afflict
,
attenuate
,
batter
,
blunt
,
bugger
,
castrate
,
cripple
,
de-energize
,
debilitate
,
derange
,
devitalize
,
disarm
,
disenable
,
disorder
,
drain
,
emasculate
,
enervate
,
enfeeble
,
hamstring
,
harm
,
hobble
,
hors de combat
,
hospitalize
,
hurt
,
immobilize
,
inactivate
,
incapacitate
,
indispose
,
invalid
,
kibosh
,
lame
,
lay up
,
maim
,
mangle
,
mar
,
mutilate
,
prostrate
,
put
,
queer
,
queer the works
,
reduce
,
ruin
,
sabotage
,
sap
,
sicken
,
spike
,
spoil
,
unbrace
,
undermine
,
unfit
,
unstrengthen
,
weaken
,
wing
,
wreck
enfeeble
collapse
make weak; "Life in the camp drained him"
related words >
abate
,
afflict
,
attenuate
,
blunt
,
bugger
,
cramp
,
cripple
,
damp
,
dampen
,
de-energize
,
deaden
,
debilitate
,
derange
,
devitalize
,
disable
,
disenable
,
disorder
,
drain
,
dull
,
enervate
,
eviscerate
,
exhaust
,
extenuate
,
gruel
,
hamstring
,
hors de combat
,
hospitalize
,
inactivate
,
incapacitate
,
indispose
,
invalid
,
kibosh
,
lame
,
lay low
,
lay up
,
maim
,
mitigate
,
put
,
queer
,
queer the works
,
rattle
,
reduce
,
sabotage
,
sap
,
shake
,
shake up
,
sicken
,
soften up
,
spike
,
unbrace
,
undermine
,
unfit
,
unman
,
unnerve
,
unstrengthen
,
unstring
,
weaken
,
wing
,
wreck
hamstring
collapse
one of the tendons at the back of the knee
cripple by cutting the hamstring
make ineffective or powerless; "The teachers were hamstrung by the overly rigid schedules"
related words >
bugger
,
burden
,
castrate
,
cramp
,
cripple
,
cumber
,
de-energize
,
debilitate
,
deflate
,
disable
,
disarm
,
disenable
,
drain
,
emasculate
,
embarrass
,
enchain
,
encumber
,
enfeeble
,
enmesh
,
ensnarl
,
entangle
,
entoil
,
entrammel
,
entrap
,
entwine
,
fetter
,
gag
,
hamper
,
handcuff
,
handicap
,
hobble
,
hog-tie
,
hors de combat
,
impede
,
inactivate
,
incapacitate
,
involve
,
kibosh
,
knock out
,
lame
,
lime
,
lumber
,
maim
,
manacle
,
muzzle
,
net
,
paralyze
,
press down
,
prostrate
,
put
,
queer
,
queer the works
,
sabotage
,
saddle with
,
shackle
,
silence
,
snarl
,
spike
,
strangle
,
tangle
,
throttle
,
toil
,
trammel
,
truss up
,
unfit
,
weaken
,
weigh down
,
wing
,
wreck
debilitate
collapse
related words >
abate
,
afflict
,
attenuate
,
beat
,
blunt
,
bugger
,
burn out
,
cramp
,
cripple
,
damp
,
dampen
,
de-energize
,
deaden
,
derange
,
devitalize
,
disable
,
disenable
,
disorder
,
do in
,
do up
,
drain
,
dull
,
enervate
,
enfeeble
,
eviscerate
,
exhaust
,
extenuate
,
fag
,
fag out
,
fatigue
,
flag
,
frazzle
,
gruel
,
hamstring
,
harass
,
hors de combat
,
hospitalize
,
hurt
,
inactivate
,
incapacitate
,
indispose
,
invalid
,
jade
,
kibosh
,
knock out
,
knock up
,
lame
,
lay low
,
lay up
,
maim
,
mar
,
mitigate
,
overfatigue
,
overstrain
,
overtire
,
overweary
,
poop
,
poop out
,
prostrate
,
put
,
queer
,
queer the works
,
rattle
,
reduce
,
sabotage
,
sap
,
shake
,
shake up
,
sicken
,
soften up
,
spike
,
spoil
,
tire
,
tire out
,
tire to death
,
tucker
,
unbrace
,
undermine
,
unfit
,
unman
,
unnerve
,
unstrengthen
,
unstring
,
use up
,
weaken
,
wear
,
wear down
,
wear on
,
wear out
,
weary
,
wilt
,
wind
,
wing
,
wreck
lame
collapse
a fabric interwoven with threads of metal; "she wore a gold lame dress"
related words >
abortive
,
awkward
,
bad
,
bootless
,
bugger
,
burden
,
castrate
,
castrated
,
clumsy
,
cramp
,
cripple
,
crippled
,
cumber
,
de-energize
,
debilitate
,
disable
,
disabled
,
disenable
,
drain
,
emasculate
,
emasculated
,
embarrass
,
encumber
,
enfeeble
,
enmesh
,
ensnarl
,
entangle
,
entoil
,
entrammel
,
entrap
,
entwine
,
failed
,
failing
,
feeble
,
fetter
,
flimsy
,
fruitless
,
futile
,
game
,
half-baked
,
halt
,
halting
,
hamper
,
hamstring
,
hamstrung
,
handicap
,
handicapped
,
hobble
,
hobbled
,
hobbling
,
hors de combat
,
impaired
,
impede
,
inactivate
,
incapacitate
,
incapacitated
,
ineffective
,
ineffectual
,
inefficacious
,
involve
,
kibosh
,
lime
,
limping
,
lumber
,
maim
,
maimed
,
manque
,
miscarried
,
miscarrying
,
net
,
of no effect
,
poor
,
press down
,
put
,
queer
,
queer the works
,
sabotage
,
saddle with
,
shackle
,
snarl
,
spavined
,
spike
,
stickit
,
stillborn
,
successless
,
tangle
,
thin
,
toil
,
trammel
,
unconvincing
,
unfit
,
unfortunate
,
unsuccessful
,
useless
,
weak
,
weaken
,
weigh down
,
wing
,
wreck
maim
collapse
injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation; "people were maimed by the explosion"
related words >
abrade
,
bark
,
batter
,
blemish
,
bloody
,
break
,
bugger
,
bung up
,
burn
,
castrate
,
chafe
,
check
,
chip
,
claw
,
crack
,
craze
,
cripple
,
cut
,
damage
,
de-energize
,
debilitate
,
defoliate
,
denude
,
disable
,
disenable
,
disfigure
,
dismember
,
drain
,
draw and quarter
,
emasculate
,
enfeeble
,
flay
,
fracture
,
fray
,
frazzle
,
fret
,
gall
,
gash
,
hamstring
,
harm
,
hobble
,
hors de combat
,
hurt
,
impair
,
inactivate
,
incapacitate
,
incise
,
injure
,
kibosh
,
lacerate
,
lame
,
make mincemeat of
,
mangle
,
massacre
,
maul
,
mayhem
,
mutilate
,
peel
,
pick to pieces
,
pierce
,
pull apart
,
puncture
,
put
,
queer
,
queer the works
,
rend
,
rip
,
run
,
rupture
,
sabotage
,
savage
,
scald
,
scorch
,
scotch
,
scrape
,
scratch
,
scuff
,
shred
,
skin
,
slash
,
slit
,
spike
,
sprain
,
stab
,
stick
,
strain
,
strip
,
take apart
,
tear
,
tear apart
,
tear to pieces
,
tear to tatters
,
traumatize
,
unfit
,
weaken
,
wing
,
wound
,
wreck
,
wrench
cripple
collapse
someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back
deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg; "The accident has crippled her for life"
deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless; "This measure crippled our efforts"; "Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work"
related words >
abate
,
amputee
,
attenuate
,
blunt
,
bugger
,
burden
,
castrate
,
cramp
,
cumber
,
damage
,
damp
,
dampen
,
de-energize
,
deaden
,
debilitate
,
defective
,
deformity
,
devitalize
,
disable
,
disarm
,
disenable
,
dismember
,
drain
,
dull
,
emasculate
,
embarrass
,
encumber
,
enervate
,
enfeeble
,
enmesh
,
ensnarl
,
entangle
,
entoil
,
entrammel
,
entrap
,
entwine
,
eviscerate
,
exhaust
,
extenuate
,
fetter
,
gruel
,
hamper
,
hamstring
,
handicap
,
handicapped person
,
hobble
,
hors de combat
,
idiot
,
imbecile
,
immobilize
,
impair
,
impede
,
inactivate
,
incapable
,
incapacitate
,
involve
,
kibosh
,
lame
,
lay low
,
lime
,
lumber
,
maim
,
mayhem
,
mitigate
,
mutilate
,
net
,
paralytic
,
paraplegic
,
press down
,
prostrate
,
put
,
quadriplegic
,
queer
,
queer the works
,
rattle
,
reduce
,
sabotage
,
saddle with
,
sap
,
shackle
,
shake
,
shake up
,
snarl
,
soften up
,
spike
,
tangle
,
the crippled
,
the handicapped
,
toil
,
trammel
,
unbrace
,
undermine
,
unfit
,
unman
,
unnerve
,
unstrengthen
,
unstring
,
weaken
,
weigh down
,
wing
,
wreck
sabotage
collapse
a deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged
destroy property or hinder normal operations; "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"
related words >
baffle
,
balk
,
bankruptcy
,
blast
,
block
,
bouleversement
,
brave
,
break up
,
breakage
,
breakdown
,
bugger
,
challenge
,
checkmate
,
circumvent
,
collapse
,
confound
,
confront
,
contravene
,
convulsion
,
counter
,
counteract
,
countermand
,
counterwork
,
crack-up
,
cripple
,
crippling
,
cross
,
damage
,
dash
,
de-energize
,
debilitate
,
defeat
,
defy
,
destroy
,
destruction
,
detriment
,
dilapidation
,
disable
,
disablement
,
discomfit
,
disconcert
,
discountenance
,
disenable
,
dish
,
disrepair
,
disrupt
,
downfall
,
drain
,
elude
,
encroachment
,
enfeeble
,
fall
,
flummox
,
foil
,
frustrate
,
hamper
,
hamstring
,
harm
,
hinder
,
hobbling
,
honeycomb
,
hors de combat
,
hurt
,
hurting
,
impairment
,
inactivate
,
incapacitate
,
incapacitation
,
infringement
,
injury
,
inroad
,
kibosh
,
knock the chocks
,
lame
,
loss
,
maim
,
maiming
,
mayhem
,
mine
,
mischief
,
mutilation
,
nonplus
,
obstruct
,
overthrow
,
overturn
,
perplex
,
prostration
,
put
,
queer
,
queer the works
,
ruin
,
ruination
,
ruinousness
,
sap
,
scathe
,
scotch
,
sickening
,
spike
,
spoil
,
spoiling
,
stonewall
,
stump
,
subversion
,
subversiveness
,
subvert
,
thwart
,
treachery
,
treason
,
undermine
,
undermining
,
unfit
,
upheaval
,
upset
,
weaken
,
weakening
,
wing
,
wreck
,
wreckage
,
wrecking
bugger
collapse
related words >
Mumbo Jumbo
,
SOB
,
bad boy
,
ball up
,
bastard
,
beat it
,
bird
,
bitch
,
bitch up
,
bloke
,
bobble
,
bogey
,
bogeyman
,
boggart
,
bogle
,
bollix
,
bollix up
,
bonehead into it
,
booger
,
boogerman
,
boogeyman
,
botch
,
boy
,
buffoon
,
bug
,
bugaboo
,
bugbear
,
bugger up
,
bungle
,
cat
,
chap
,
character
,
child
,
clear off
,
clear out
,
cock up
,
cook
,
coprophiliac
,
creep
,
cripple
,
cutup
,
dawdle
,
de-energize
,
debilitate
,
depart
,
destroy
,
devil
,
disable
,
disenable
,
drain
,
drop a brick
,
duck
,
elf
,
enfant terrible
,
enfeeble
,
erotomaniac
,
exhibitionist
,
fag
,
fart
,
fee-faw-fum
,
fellate
,
feller
,
fellow
,
fetishist
,
flub
,
fool
,
foul up
,
frazzle
,
fuck up
,
funmaker
,
geezer
,
go away
,
goof
,
goof up
,
gum up
,
guy
,
hamstring
,
hash up
,
heel
,
hood
,
hoodlum
,
hooligan
,
hors de combat
,
idiot
,
imp
,
inactivate
,
incapacitate
,
jasper
,
jerk
,
joker
,
jokester
,
kibosh
,
knave
,
knock
,
knock out
,
lad
,
lallygag
,
lame
,
leave
,
little devil
,
little monkey
,
little rascal
,
lollygag
,
louse
,
louse up
,
maim
,
make tracks
,
man
,
masochist
,
masturbate
,
meanie
,
mess up
,
minx
,
mischief
,
mischief-maker
,
mother
,
muck up
,
narcissist
,
necrophiliac
,
nymphomaniac
,
outwear
,
paraphiliac
,
pederast
,
pedophiliac
,
pill
,
pixie
,
play hell with
,
play hob with
,
practical joker
,
prankster
,
prick
,
puck
,
puke
,
put
,
queer
,
queer the works
,
rapist
,
rapscallion
,
rascal
,
rat
,
ream
,
rogue
,
rowdy
,
ruffian
,
ruin
,
sabotage
,
sadist
,
satyr
,
scamp
,
scapegrace
,
scotophiliac
,
screw up
,
scum
,
shit
,
shithead
,
shitheel
,
sink
,
skedaddle
,
snafu
,
snarl up
,
sod
,
sodomist
,
sodomite
,
sodomize
,
spike
,
stinkard
,
stinker
,
stud
,
toad
,
tot
,
transvestite
,
tucker
,
turd
,
unfit
,
voyeur
,
wag
,
waste time
,
weaken
,
wear out
,
wing
,
wreck
,
zoophiliac
spike
collapse
sports equipment consisting of a sharp point on the sole of a shoe worn by athletes; "spikes provide greater traction"
a long metal nail
any holding device consisting of a sharp-pointed object
a long sharp-pointed implement (wood or metal)
a sharp-pointed projection along the top of a fence or wall
a transient variation in voltage or current
a sharp rise followed by a sharp decline; "the seismograph showed a sharp spike in response to the temblor"
(botany) an indeterminate inflorescence bearing sessile flowers on an unbranched axis
manifest a sharp increase; "the voltage spiked"
add alcohol to (beverages); "the punch is spiked!"
bring forth a spike or spikes; "my hyacinths and orchids are spiking now"
secure with spikes
stand in the way of
related words >
adulterate
,
ament
,
annul
,
auger
,
auricle
,
baffle
,
balk
,
bastardize
,
bayonet
,
bite
,
blast
,
block
,
bore
,
bramble
,
brave
,
brier
,
bristle
,
broach
,
bugger
,
bung
,
burr
,
cactus
,
cancel
,
capitulum
,
catchweed
,
catkin
,
challenge
,
check
,
check valve
,
checkmate
,
circumvent
,
cleavers
,
cob
,
cock
,
cone
,
confound
,
confront
,
contaminate
,
contravene
,
cork
,
corncob
,
corrupt
,
corymb
,
counter
,
counteract
,
countermand
,
countersink
,
counterwork
,
cripple
,
cross
,
cut
,
cyme
,
dagger
,
dash
,
de-energize
,
debase
,
debilitate
,
defeat
,
defy
,
denaturalize
,
denature
,
destroy
,
dilute
,
dirk
,
disable
,
disarm
,
discomfit
,
disconcert
,
discountenance
,
disenable
,
dish
,
disrupt
,
doctor
,
doctor up
,
drain
,
drill
,
drug
,
ear
,
ear of corn
,
elude
,
empierce
,
enfeeble
,
equipage
,
faucet
,
fix
,
flummox
,
foil
,
fortify
,
four-in-hand
,
frustrate
,
goose grass
,
gore
,
gouge
,
gouge out
,
hamstring
,
head
,
hole
,
honeycomb
,
hors de combat
,
impale
,
inactivate
,
incapacitate
,
kibosh
,
knife
,
knock the chocks
,
lace
,
lame
,
lance
,
lid
,
maim
,
mealie
,
nail
,
needle
,
nettle
,
nonplus
,
nullify
,
pair
,
panicle
,
peg
,
penetrate
,
perforate
,
perplex
,
picket
,
pierce
,
pike
,
pin
,
pine cone
,
pine needle
,
pink
,
plug
,
plunge in
,
poison
,
pollute
,
poniard
,
prick
,
prickle
,
prong
,
punch
,
puncture
,
put
,
queer
,
queer the works
,
quill
,
raceme
,
randem
,
ream
,
ream out
,
riddle
,
rig
,
ruin
,
run through
,
saber
,
sabotage
,
scotch
,
sea cock
,
skewer
,
spadix
,
span
,
spear
,
spicule
,
spiculum
,
spigot
,
spike team
,
spikelet
,
spile
,
spill
,
spine
,
spit
,
spoil
,
stab
,
stake
,
stick
,
sticker
,
stiletto
,
stonewall
,
stop
,
stopgap
,
stopper
,
stopple
,
strengthen
,
strobile
,
stump
,
sword
,
tamper with
,
tandem
,
tap
,
team
,
thistle
,
thorn
,
three-up
,
thwart
,
thyrse
,
transfix
,
transpierce
,
treenail
,
trepan
,
trephine
,
turnout
,
umbel
,
unfit
,
unicorn
,
upset
,
valve
,
verticillaster
,
void
,
water
,
water down
,
weaken
,
wing
,
wreck
,
yucca
weaken
collapse
become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days"
lessen the strength of; "The fever weakened his body"
related words >
abate
,
afflict
,
aggravate
,
allay
,
alleviate
,
assuage
,
attemper
,
attenuate
,
bank the fire
,
bate
,
beat
,
blunt
,
break
,
bugger
,
burn out
,
cave in
,
chasten
,
collapse
,
come apart
,
come unstuck
,
conk out
,
constrain
,
control
,
cramp
,
cripple
,
crumble
,
cut
,
damage
,
damp
,
dampen
,
de-emphasize
,
de-energize
,
deaden
,
debilitate
,
decline
,
dematerialize
,
derange
,
deteriorate
,
devitalize
,
dilapidate
,
dilute
,
diminish
,
disable
,
disedge
,
disembody
,
disenable
,
disintegrate
,
disorder
,
do in
,
do up
,
downplay
,
drain
,
draw the teeth
,
droop
,
drop
,
dull
,
dwindle
,
ease
,
emacerate
,
emaciate
,
emasculate
,
embitter
,
endamage
,
enervate
,
enfeeble
,
etherealize
,
eviscerate
,
exacerbate
,
exhaust
,
extenuate
,
fade
,
fag
,
fag out
,
fail
,
faint
,
fall short
,
fatigue
,
fizzle out
,
flag
,
frazzle
,
give out
,
give way
,
go downhill
,
go soft
,
go to pieces
,
gruel
,
hamstring
,
harass
,
harm
,
hit the skids
,
honeycomb
,
hors de combat
,
hospitalize
,
hurt
,
impair
,
inactivate
,
incapacitate
,
indispose
,
injure
,
invalid
,
irritate
,
jade
,
keep within bounds
,
kibosh
,
knock out
,
knock up
,
lame
,
languish
,
lay
,
lay low
,
lay up
,
lenify
,
lessen
,
lighten
,
lose strength
,
maim
,
make worse
,
minimize
,
mitigate
,
moderate
,
modulate
,
obtund
,
overfatigue
,
overset
,
overstrain
,
overthrow
,
overtire
,
overturn
,
overweary
,
palliate
,
paralyze
,
peak
,
peg out
,
peter out
,
pine
,
play down
,
poop
,
poop out
,
prostrate
,
put
,
put back
,
queer
,
queer the works
,
rarefy
,
rattle
,
reduce
,
reduce the temperature
,
remit
,
repress
,
restrain
,
retund
,
run down
,
sabotage
,
sap
,
sap the foundations
,
shake
,
shake up
,
shrink
,
sicken
,
sink
,
slacken
,
slow down
,
smother
,
sober
,
sober down
,
soften
,
soften up
,
spike
,
spiritualize
,
stifle
,
subdue
,
subtilize
,
subvert
,
suppress
,
tame
,
temper
,
thin
,
thin away
,
thin down
,
thin out
,
throw down
,
throw over
,
tire
,
tire out
,
tire to death
,
tone down
,
tucker
,
tune down
,
turn
,
unbrace
,
undermine
,
underplay
,
unfit
,
unman
,
unnerve
,
unstrengthen
,
unstring
,
upend
,
upset
,
use up
,
wane
,
waste
,
waste away
,
water
,
water down
,
wear
,
wear away
,
wear down
,
wear on
,
wear out
,
wear thin
,
weary
,
wilt
,
wind
,
wing
,
wither
,
wither away
,
worsen
,
wreck
,
yield
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