deactivate

English

Alternative forms

• de-activate
• deäctivate

Etymology

de- +‎ activate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌdiːˈæktɪveɪt/

Verb

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

Translations

to make something inactive or no longer effective

• Azerbaijani: deaktivləşdirmək
• Catalan: desactivar (ca)
• Esperanto: malaktivigi, senaktivigi
• Finnish: deaktivoida, tehdä toimintakyvyttömäksi
• French: désactiver (fr)
• German: deaktivieren (de)
• Greek: απενεργοποιώ (el) (apenergopoió)
• Hindi: निष्क्रिय करना (niṣkriya karnā)
• Indonesian: menonaktifkan (id)
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• Italian: disattivare
• Malay: menyahaktifkan
• Maori: whakakaurapa, taupāhohe (refers to computing)
• Polish: dezaktywować
• Portuguese: desactivar
• Russian: деактиви́ровать (ru) impf or pf (deaktivírovatʹ); отключа́ть (ru) impf (otključátʹ), отключи́ть (ru) pf (otključítʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: deaktivirati
• Spanish: desactivar (es)

to prevent the action of a biochemical agent

• Catalan: desactivar (ca)
• Finnish: deaktivoida
• German: unterbinden (de)
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• 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)
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See also

• activate