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

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope