render+inoperative

  • 71deactivate — de•ac•ti•vate [[t]diˈæk təˌveɪt[/t]] v. vat•ed, vat•ing 1) to make inactive: to deactivate a chemical[/ex] 2) mil to demobilize or disband (a military unit) 3) mil to render (a bomb or shell) inoperative 4) chem. to lose radioactivity • Etymology …

    From formal English to slang

  • 72construction breakout key —   n.    a key used by some manufacturers to render all construction master keys permanently inoperative …

    Locksmith dictionary

  • 73nullify — /ˈnʌləfaɪ / (say nuluhfuy) verb (t) (nullified, nullifying) 1. to make ineffective, futile, or of no consequence. 2. to render or declare legally void or inoperative: to nullify a contract. {Late Latin nullificāre make null, dispose} –nullifier,… …

  • 74joker — In political usage, a clause in legislation that is ambiguous or apparently immaterial, inserted to render it inoperative or uncertain without arousing opposition at the time of passage …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 75joker — In political usage, a clause in legislation that is ambiguous or apparently immaterial, inserted to render it inoperative or uncertain without arousing opposition at the time of passage …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 76and/or — A concocted ambiguity. 17 Am J2d Contr § 283. Something of a monstrosity in the English language, used by draftsmen out of an over abundance of caution. So indefinite as to render an administrative order inoperative or unenforceable for lack of… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 77RESPONSES — the victims the world THE VICTIMS Behavior of the Victims In a chapter entitled Auschwitz: The Death of Choice in Versions of Survival: The Holocaust and the Human Spirit, the Holocaust scholar lawrence langer writes: After we peel the veneer of… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 78PUNISHMENT — While there is no modern theory of punishment that cannot, in some form or other, be traced back to biblical concepts, the original and foremost purpose of punishment in biblical law was the appeasement of God. God abhors the criminal ways of… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism