deactivate as a verb: - 1
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deactivate
verb
1 deactivate
Remove from active military status or reassign.
Roget 142:
cease,
discontinue,
desist,
stay,
halt;
break off,
leave off;
hold,
stop,
pull up,
stop short;
stick,
hang fire;
halt;
pause,
rest;
burn out,
blow out,
melt down.
have done with,
give over,
surcease,
shut up shop;
give up
etc.
(relinquish)
624.
hold one's hand,
stay one's hand;
rest on one's oars repose on one's laurels.
come to a stand,
come to a standstill;
come to a deadlock,
come to a full stop;
arrive
etc.
292;
go out,
die away;
wear away,
wear off;
pass away
etc.
(be past)
122;
be at an end;
disintegrate,
self-destruct.
intromit,
interrupt,
suspend,
interpel†;
intermit,
remit;
put an end to,
put a stop to,
put a period to;
derail;
turn off,
switch off,
power down,
deactivate,
disconnect;
bring to a stand,
bring to a standstill;
stop,
cut short,
arrest,
stem the tide,
stem the torrent;
pull the check-string,
pull the plug on.
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2 deactivate
Make inactive:
— They deactivated the file.
synonym: inactivate.
Moby thesaurus: break up, debrief, decommission, demilitarize, demob, demobilize, detach, disarm, disband, discharge, disintegrate, dismiss, disorganize, disperse, dissolve, go separate ways, let go, muster out, part, part company, reconvert, release, scatter, separate, sheathe the sword, split up ... show more.
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