Roleset deactivate.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "to render inactive":

Roles:

Arg0:deactivator, agent


Arg1:entity deactivated

Examples:

person: third tense: present aspect: ns voice: active form: full


transitive (-)
The sterilizing gene is expressed [*-21] just before the pollen is about [*-1] to develop and it deactivates the anthers of every flower in the plant .
Arg0:	it
REL:	deactivates
Arg1:	the anthers of every flower in the plant