Associations to the word «Deactivate»

Wiktionary

DEACTIVATE, verb. (ergative) to make something inactive or no longer effective
DEACTIVATE, verb. To prevent the action of a biochemical agent (such as an enzyme)
DEACTIVATE, verb. To remove a person or piece of hardware from active military service

Dictionary definition

DEACTIVATE, verb. Remove from active military status or reassign; "The men were deactivated after five years of service".
DEACTIVATE, verb. Make inactive; "they deactivated the file".

Wise words

Every once in a while, you let a word or phrase out and you want to catch it and bring it back. You can't do that. It's gone, gone forever.
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