How to Use inactivate in a Sentence

inactivate

verb

• The process by which the viruses in the vaccine were supposed to be inactivated — killed — hadn’t worked.
  — Helen Branswell, STAT, 23 Apr. 2018
• To find out, the researchers used a flu virus that had been inactivated by heat treatment.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 30 Dec. 2019
• These particles can dry out over time and inactivate the virus.
  — Sonia Ramirez, Houston Chronicle, 24 Mar. 2020
• Even cleaning surfaces with soap and water can inactivate the virus, the agency said.
  — NBC News, 10 Dec. 2020
• Apply a heat pack or rinse the affected area with hot water to inactivate the venom.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 7 July 2021
• The good news: cooking legumes inactivates most lectins, Harvard notes.
  — Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 9 Oct. 2024
• The acids in lemon juice will inactivate the polyphenol oxidase enzyme and prevent the browning process.
  — Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 17 Apr. 2023
• This step inactivates or slows enzymes that cause loss of flavor and color in your peaches.
  — Wini Moranville, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 May 2023
• 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
• Common cleaners like chlorine and bromine should inactivate the virus in water, according to the CDC.
  — Evan MacDonald, cleveland, 16 May 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
• Proper sanitation practices, such as the use of chlorine and bromine often used in pool water, should inactivate the virus in the water, the CDC said.
  — Ashton Nichols, Dallas News, 28 May 2020
• 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
• The cutting of a virus's DNA is enough to inactivate it, providing protection to the bacteria.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 7 Oct. 2020
• 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
• 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
• The gene that codes for fur pigment is on the X, and the orange and black patches on these cats reflect areas where one X chromosome was inactivated versus the other.
  — Jonathan Wosen Reprints, STAT, 1 Feb. 2024
• 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
• 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
• Unlike scientists in a lab, the human body in attack mode isn’t trying to inactivate viruses just so.
  — NBC News, 30 Jan. 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
• IgG molecules are systemic, and trigger the body to bind and inactivate viruses circulating in the blood.
  — Alice Park, Time, 31 Oct. 2022
• China has three vaccines in efficacy trials that use the whole virus and inactivate it.
  — Jon Cohen, Science | AAAS, 3 Sep. 2020
• But the study did not account for other factors that could help to inactivate the virus, such as sunlight or disinfectants, or look at varying levels of virus, Lloyd-Smith said.
  — Lauren M. Johnson, CNN, 7 Sep. 2020
• 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
• Chadwick has spent his entire career trying to understand how the body inactivates one copy of the X chromosome.
  — Quanta Magazine, 27 Oct. 2016
• That seems to be true for CTV as well, which has mutations that inactivate genes that slow down growth and other mutations that activate genes that promote growth.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 3 Aug. 2019
• 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
• B cells make antibodies that can bind to and inactivate viruses.
  — Jonathan Golob, Quartz, 21 Aug. 2021
• 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

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024