deactivates
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Cooking or canning denatures and deactivates the proteases, so canned pineapple, for example, works fine in a gelatin dessert.
Data eventually deactivates Lore, and recovers, but does not install the damaged emotion chip.
Evolution often deactivates DNA transposons, leaving them as introns (inactive gene sequences).
He deactivates the self-destruct sequence and fires torpedoes at the Phoenix, but they miss and the Queen realizes Data has betrayed her.
Designed smart for truck applications, Auto Start-Stop deactivates when it wouldn’t be needed such as when you’re towing a trailer or running in 4-wheel drive.
Soaking and cooking deactivates the majority of protease inhibitors in most beans.