- inactivation - the process of rendering inactive; "the gene inactivation system"; "thermal inactivation of serum samples"
--1 is a kind of natural process, natural action, action, activity
Antonyms: activation
Derived form: verb inactivate2 - deactivation, inactivation - breaking up a military unit (by transfers or discharges)
--2 is a kind of dismissal, dismission, discharge, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking
Derived form: verb inactivate1