How to Use inactivate in a Sentence

inactivate

verb

• These particles can dry out over time and inactivate the virus.
  — Sonia Ramirez, Houston Chronicle, 24 Mar. 2020
• To find out, the researchers used a flu virus that had been inactivated by heat treatment.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 30 Dec. 2019
• This step inactivates or slows enzymes that cause loss of flavor and color in your peaches.
  — Wini Moranville, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 May 2023
• Even cleaning surfaces with soap and water can inactivate the virus, the agency said.
  — NBC News, 10 Dec. 2020
• The process by which the viruses in the vaccine were supposed to be inactivated — killed — hadn’t worked.
  — Helen Branswell, STAT, 23 Apr. 2018
• Less heat is needed to inactivate microbes as the pH is reduced.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
• Apply a heat pack or rinse the affected area with hot water to inactivate the venom.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 7 July 2021
• Some of these fungicides can inactivate pathogens that have infected plants but have not yet expressed symptoms.
  — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2023
• China has three vaccines in efficacy trials that use the whole virus and inactivate it.
  — Jon Cohen, Science | AAAS, 3 Sep. 2020
• Although some of the iron ended up being linked to carbon, this didn't inactivate the catalyst.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 18 Oct. 2020
• The acids in lemon juice will inactivate the polyphenol oxidase enzyme and prevent the browning process.
  — Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 17 Apr. 2023
• Unlike scientists in a lab, the human body in attack mode isn’t trying to inactivate viruses just so.
  — NBC News, 30 Jan. 2022
• That bond must be broken again by one of the other reactions, or the enzyme becomes inactivated.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 14 Feb. 2025
• The reprogrammed stems cells must be inactivated with a blast of radiation before they can be used in the vaccine.
  — Melissa Healy, latimes.com, 15 Feb. 2018
• Research so far has shown that virus particles end up in the milk of infected cows but that pasteurization will inactivate the virus.
  — Kerry E. Kaylegian, Discover Magazine, 6 Dec. 2024
• Research so far has shown that virus particles end up in the milk of infected cows but that pasteurization will inactivate the virus.
  — Kerry E. Kaylegian, Discover Magazine, 23 May 2024
• Rinsing off in the shower for just 1 minute removes most of the dirt or anything else on your body that uses up chlorine or bromine needed to kill or inactivate germs.
  — Rachel Trent, CNN, 3 July 2021
• Other genes that have been eliminated or inactivated mean that viruses that are natural to the pig will be unable to jump to the human.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2024
• Moreover, the person did not heat the potatoes after removing them from the can, a step that can inactivate the botulinum toxin, the researchers said.
  — Laura Geggel Senior Writer, Fox News, 26 May 2017
• Chadwick has spent his entire career trying to understand how the body inactivates one copy of the X chromosome.
  — Quanta Magazine, 27 Oct. 2016
• IgG molecules are systemic, and trigger the body to bind and inactivate viruses circulating in the blood.
  — Alice Park, Time, 31 Oct. 2022
• Scientists can inactivate a single gene in the pig to stop production of a protein the virus needs to survive, according to the companies.
  — Marc Heller, Science | AAAS, 19 Apr. 2018
• Then the group identified just a portion of the gene that could be inactivated and still turn on fetal hemoglobin—a safer approach, since genes often have many functions.
  — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 19 Dec. 2023
• Such a vaccine, researchers hope, would prime the animal’s immune system to produce antibodies that bind to the methanogens in the rumen and inactivate them.
  — Bob Holmes, Discover Magazine, 29 June 2024
• So far, the team has shown that vaccinated sheep do produce lots of methanogen-targeting antibodies in their saliva—enough to inactivate all the methanogens in the rumen.
  — Bob Holmes, Ars Technica, 20 June 2024
• Common cleaners like chlorine and bromine should inactivate the virus in water, according to the CDC.
  — Evan MacDonald, cleveland, 16 May 2020
• So far, the team has shown that vaccinated sheep do produce lots of methanogen-targeting antibodies in their saliva — enough to inactivate all the methanogens in the rumen.
  — Bob Holmes, Discover Magazine, 29 June 2024
• The decision to inactivate the USS Boise is just the start of Phelan’s shakeup plans.
  — Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 10 Apr. 2026
• There were some initial concerns that niacinamide could inactivate the benefits of vitamin C if both ingredients were applied to the skin at the same time.
  — Caroline C. Boyle, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2025
• In the late 1960s, a vaccine was produced in which the virus was inactivated with formalin, a chemical that kills viruses.
  — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 22 June 2023