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deactivate (third-person singular simple present deactivates, present participle deactivating, simple past and past participle deactivated)
- (ergative) to make something inactive or no longer effective
- to prevent the action of a biochemical agent (such as an enzyme)
- to remove a person or piece of hardware from active military service
- (Internet, euphemistic, neologism) to commit suicide
to make something inactive or no longer effective
- Azerbaijani: deaktivləşdirmək
- Catalan: desactivar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Esperanto: malaktivigi, senaktivigi
- Finnish: deaktivoida, tehdä toimintakyvyttömäksi
- French: désactiver (fr)
- German: deaktivieren (de)
- Greek: απενεργοποιώ (el) (apenergopoió)
- Hindi: निष्क्रिय करना (niṣkriya karnā)
- Hungarian: hatástalanít (hu), inaktivál (hu), deaktivál (hu)
- Indonesian: menonaktifkan (id)
- Italian: disattivare (it)
- Kazakh: жансыздану (jansyzdanu)
- Malay: menyahaktifkan
- Maori: whakakaurapa, taupāhohe (refers to computing)
- Polish: dezaktywować impf, zdezaktywować pf
- Portuguese: desactivar
- Russian: деактиви́ровать (ru) impf or pf (deaktivírovatʹ); отключа́ть (ru) impf (otključátʹ), отключи́ть (ru) pf (otključítʹ), дезактиви́ровать (ru) impf or pf (dezaktivírovatʹ)
- Serbo-Croatian: deaktivirati
- Spanish: desactivar (es)
- Welsh: dadweithredoli
to remove a person or piece of hardware from active military service
- Russian: демобилизова́ть (ru) impf or pf (demobilizovátʹ)