deactivate
Americanverb (used with object)
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to cause to be inactive; remove the effectiveness of.
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to demobilize or disband (a military unit).
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to render (a bomb, shell, or the like) inoperative, especially by disconnecting, removing, or otherwise interfering with the action of the fuze.
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Chemistry. to render (a chemical, enzyme, catalyst, etc.) inactive.
verb (used without object)
verb
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(tr) to make (a bomb, etc) harmless or inoperative
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(intr) to become less radioactive
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(tr) to end the active status of (a military unit)
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chem to return or cause to return from an activated state to a normal or ground state
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Derived Forms
Conjugated Forms
Present
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has deactivatedperfect 3rd person singular
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have deactivatedperfect
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am deactivatingprogressive 1st person singular
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deactivatessingular 3rd person
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deactivatingparticiple
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are deactivatingprogressive
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has been deactivatingperfect progressive 3rd person singular
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have been deactivatingperfect progressive
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is deactivatingprogressive 3rd person singular
Past
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had deactivatedperfect
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had been deactivatingperfect progressive
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were deactivatingprogressive plural
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deactivatedparticiple
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deactivatedsimple
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was deactivatingprogressive singular
Future
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
