deactivate meaning

deactivate as a verb

1. remove from active military status or reassign
   • The men were deactivated after five years of service

   Type of: discharge

   Related forms: deactivation

2. make inactive
   • they deactivated the file

   Synonyms: inactivate

   Type of: change

   Kinds: paralyze

   Related forms: deactivation

deactivate in a sentence

• This car can deactivate half of its engine's cylinders.
• There exists robots that are programmed to deactivate bombs.
• She is going to deactivate my phone.
• The magnetic field was deactivated.
• The bomb could not be deactivated.

How to pronounce deactivate

deactivate is pronounced /ˌdiˈæktɪveɪt/ in American English. It has 4 syllables, with the stress on the second syllable.

Words that rhyme with deactivate

• inactivate