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deactivate::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | muster out, discharge |
| Derivation | deactivation |
The men were deactivated after five years of service.
Examples of deactivate
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Since she is not, something must happen to deactivate one of those X chromosomes.
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He would usually deactivate the alarm and then have her come inside, she added.
From the timesunion.com
They call to activate the system when they park and deactivate it when they leave.
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Drying it out will deactivate the dewormer as well as produce more crumbly compost.
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If the transmitter fell off, he can deactivate it with a magnet and reuse it later.
From the orlandosentinel.com
After a day or so, it should be safe to deactivate the hosting at the old location.
From the mattcutts.com
She leads it into a hydraulic press and crushes it, causing it to deactivate.
From the en.wikipedia.org
This attachment is added to deactivate the steroids prior to excretion in the urine.
From the sciencedaily.com
It decreases inflammation and increases enzymes that deactivate carcinogens.
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- Remove from active military status or reassign; "The men were deactivated after five years of service"
- Inactivate: make inactive; "they deactivated the file"
- (deactivation) breaking up a military unit (by transfers or discharges)
- (deactivation) the act of deactivating or making ineffective (as a bomb)
- 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
- (Deactivated) This term refers to any recipe that, for whatever reason, is not currently active in the database. A case where this might be applied is when a recipe calls for a now discontinued Quaker product. The recipe could be deactivated until the recipe is revised.
- (Deactivating) You should not run more than 1 memory-resident scanner, but if you can deactivate one you need not uninstall it before installing another. The program's configuration options usually have a setting that will let you do this.
- (Deactivation) A request to terminate service (or the process of terminating service).
- (Deactivation) Voluntary discontinuation of the activation of an entire zone or subzone by the grantee or operator. (Discontinuance of the activated status of only part of a zone is an alteration. ...
