ACTIVATES Antonyms

• make unable to perform a certain action

• injure permanently

• lacking in liveliness or animation

• emitting or reflecting very little light

• not keenly felt

• not having a sharp edge or point

• being or made softer or less loud or clear

• so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness

• (of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted

• slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity

• (of business) not active or brisk

• blunted in responsiveness or sensibility

• not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft

• darkened with overcast

• make dull in appearance

• become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness

• deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

• make numb or insensitive

• make dull or blunt

• become less interesting or attractive

• make less lively or vigorous

• hold as reserve or withdraw from circulation; of capital

• to hold fast or prevent from moving

• make defenseless

• convert (assets) into fixed capital

• prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)

• cause to be unable to move

• make unable to perform a certain action

• injure permanently

• declare invalid

• show to be invalid

• make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of

• make powerless and unable to function

• cause to be paralyzed and immobile

• put down by force or intimidation

• declare invalid

• release from military service or remove from the active list of military service

• make inactive

• remove from active military status or reassign

• make inactive