Render ineffective

The answer

NEGATE

6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NEGATE answer page.

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• NEUTER (3 uses in xd)
• PARALYZE (1 uses in xd)
• VITIATE (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for NEGATE

Every other clue in this collection answered by NEGATE, most used first.

• Nullify - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
• Cancel out - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
• Deny. - used 19 times, most recently in 2002
• Undo - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
• Cancel - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Make invalid - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Void - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Make void - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Make null and void - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Prove false - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Invalidate - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Annul - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Make ineffective - used 7 times, most recently in 2018

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Render harmless - DISARM, used 23 times
• Render capable - ENABLE, used 16 times
• Ineffective - OTIOSE, used 14 times
• Render harmless - DEFUSE, used 8 times
• Render helpless - HOGTIE, used 6 times
• Render impotent - NEUTER, used 6 times

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