deactivate

English

Alternative forms

• de-activate
• deäctivate

Etymology

From de- +‎ activate.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌdiːˈæktɪveɪt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Verb

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

1. (ergative) to make something inactive or no longer effective
2. to prevent the action of a biochemical agent (such as an enzyme)
3. to remove a person or piece of hardware from active military service
4. (Internet, euphemistic, neologism) to commit suicide

Derived terms

• deactivatable
• deactivator

 

Translations

to make something inactive or no longer effective

• Azerbaijani: deaktivləşdirmək
• Catalan: desactivar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 使無效／使无效 (shǐ wúxiào)

• Esperanto: malaktivigi, senaktivigi
• Finnish: deaktivoida, tehdä toimintakyvyttömäksi
• French: désactiver (fr)
• German: deaktivieren (de)
• Greek: απενεργοποιώ (el) (apenergopoió)
• Hindi: निष्क्रिय करना (niṣkriya karnā)
• Hungarian: hatástalanít (hu), inaktivál (hu), deaktivál (hu)
• Indonesian: menonaktifkan (id)
• Italian: disattivare (it)
• Kazakh: жансыздану (jansyzdanu)
• Malay: menyahaktifkan
• Maori: whakakaurapa, taupāhohe (refers to computing)
• Polish: dezaktywować impf, zdezaktywować pf
• Portuguese: desactivar
• Russian: деактиви́ровать (ru) impf or pf (deaktivírovatʹ); отключа́ть (ru) impf (otključátʹ), отключи́ть (ru) pf (otključítʹ), дезактиви́ровать (ru) impf or pf (dezaktivírovatʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: deaktivirati
• Spanish: desactivar (es)
• Welsh: dadweithredoli

to prevent the action of a biochemical agent

• Catalan: desactivar (ca)
• Finnish: deaktivoida
• German: unterbinden (de)
• Russian: дезактиви́ровать (ru) impf or pf (dezaktivírovatʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: deaktivirati

to remove a person or piece of hardware from active military service

• Russian: демобилизова́ть (ru) impf or pf (demobilizovátʹ)

See also

• activate
• inactivate