deactivate in English dictionary

  • deactivate

    Meanings and definitions of "deactivate"

    • (ergative) to make something inactive or no longer effective
    • to prevent the action of a biochemical agent (such as an enzyme)
    • to remove a person or piece of hardware from active military service
    • verb
      (ergative)
      to make something inactive or no longer effective
    • verb
      to prevent the action of a biochemical agent (such as an enzyme)
    • verb
      to remove a person or piece of hardware from active military service
    • to prevent the action of a biochemical agent
    • To remove the ability of a network object, such as a user account or a network-joined computer to access the resources that the server provides. Deactivating a network object does not delete the object from the active directory, nor does it delete any data that is associated with the object.
    • verb
      make inactive; "they deactivated the file"
    • verb
      remove from active military status or reassign; "The men were deactivated after five years of service"

    Synonyms of "deactivate" in English dictionary

    inactivate, modify, muster out are the top synonyms of "deactivate" in the English thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "deactivate" in English dictionary

    activate is the antonym of "deactivate" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of deactivate

    • deactivate ( third-person singular simple present deactivates, present participle deactivating, simple past and past participle deactivated)
    • deactivate (third-person singular simple present deactivates, present participle deactivating, simple past and past participle deactivated)
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