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What does inhibiting mean?

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  1. present participle of inhibit
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Moreover, rather than inhibiting her, marriage permits her to yield to passion.
Anticoagulant rodenticides all kill by inhibiting the process in which the liver produces clotting agents in the blood.
Cocaine acts by inhibiting norepinephrine reuptake in peripheral sympathetic nerve terminals as well as stimulating central sympathetic outflow.
All nerve agents act by inhibiting the enzyme acetylcholinesterase, which breaks down the neurotransmitter acetylcholine.
It can provide a potent mixture of allelopathy and shade for the soil, inhibiting weed seed germination.
Doxycycline acts bacteriostatically by binding with ribosomes and thus inhibiting the bacterial protein synthesis.

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