deactivation meaning

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deactivation (noun): breaking up a military unit (by transfers or discharges).

deactivation has 2 meanings in this dictionary.

deactivation as a noun

  1. breaking up a military unit (by transfers or discharges)

    Synonyms: inactivation

    Type of: dismissal

    Related forms: deactivate

  2. the act of deactivating or making ineffective (as a bomb)

    Synonyms: defusing

    Opposite: activation

    Type of: termination

    Related forms: deactivate

Scrabble score: 18 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with DE · words ending in ON · 12-letter words

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