"deactivate" meaning in All languages combined

See deactivate on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˌdiːˈæktɪveɪt/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-deactivate.wav Forms: deactivates [present, singular, third-person], deactivating [participle, present], deactivated [participle, past], deactivated [past]
Etymology: From de- + activate. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|activate}} de- + activate Head templates: {{en-verb}} deactivate (third-person singular simple present deactivates, present participle deactivating, simple past and past participle deactivated)
  1. (ergative) to make something inactive or no longer effective Tags: ergative Translations (to make something inactive or no longer effective): deaktivləşdirmək (Azerbaijani), desactivar (Catalan), 使無效 /使无效 (shǐ wúxiào) (Chinese Mandarin), malaktivigi (Esperanto), senaktivigi (Esperanto), deaktivoida (Finnish), tehdä toimintakyvyttömäksi (Finnish), désactiver (French), deaktivieren (German), απενεργοποιώ (apenergopoió) (Greek), निष्क्रिय करना (niṣkriya karnā) (Hindi), hatástalanít (Hungarian), inaktivál (Hungarian), deaktivál (Hungarian), menonaktifkan (Indonesian), disattivare (Italian), жансыздану (jansyzdanu) (Kazakh), menyahaktifkan (Malay), whakakaurapa (Maori), taupāhohe (english: refers to computing) (Maori), dezaktywować [imperfective] (Polish), zdezaktywować [perfective] (Polish), desactivar (Portuguese), деактиви́ровать (deaktivírovatʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), отключа́ть (otključátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), отключи́ть (otključítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), дезактиви́ровать (dezaktivírovatʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), deaktivirati (Serbo-Croatian), desactivar (Spanish), dadweithredoli (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-deactivate-en-verb-iY4Mv4Qg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with de-, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 8 36 27 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 29 18 23 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 8 37 32 Disambiguation of 'to make something inactive or no longer effective': 95 0 3 1
  2. to prevent the action of a biochemical agent (such as an enzyme) Translations (to prevent the action of a biochemical agent): desactivar (Catalan), deaktivoida (Finnish), unterbinden (German), дезактиви́ровать (dezaktivírovatʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), deaktivirati (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-deactivate-en-verb-4vX99nZX Categories (other): English terms prefixed with de- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 29 18 23 30 Disambiguation of 'to prevent the action of a biochemical agent': 1 95 2 2
  3. to remove a person or piece of hardware from active military service Translations (to remove a person or piece of hardware from active military service): демобилизова́ть (demobilizovátʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-deactivate-en-verb-3LNxT9gA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with de-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 8 36 27 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 29 18 23 30 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 10 38 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 8 37 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 5 43 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 19 5 57 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 21 7 48 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 20 6 49 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 21 7 48 24 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 20 8 47 25 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 21 7 48 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 23 8 41 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 21 8 47 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 21 5 50 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 19 5 57 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 20 6 49 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 19 5 57 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 19 5 57 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 22 8 46 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 21 7 48 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 22 10 45 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 23 5 54 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 20 6 49 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 19 5 57 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 20 5 48 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 21 9 46 24 Disambiguation of 'to remove a person or piece of hardware from active military service': 2 0 96 2
  4. (Internet, euphemistic, neologism) to commit suicide Tags: Internet, euphemistic, neologism Categories (topical): Internet
    Sense id: en-deactivate-en-verb-OnDvkqkM Categories (other): English euphemisms, English neologisms, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with de-, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 8 36 27 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 29 18 23 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 8 37 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: de-activate, deäctivate Derived forms: deactivatable, deactivator Related terms: activate, inactivate

Inflected forms

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    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to make something inactive or no longer effective",
      "word": "deaktivləşdirmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to make something inactive or no longer effective",
      "word": "desactivar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shǐ wúxiào",
      "sense": "to make something inactive or no longer effective",
      "word": "使無效 /使无效"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to make something inactive or no longer effective",
      "word": "malaktivigi"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
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      "word": "senaktivigi"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make something inactive or no longer effective",
      "word": "deaktivoida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make something inactive or no longer effective",
      "word": "tehdä toimintakyvyttömäksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to make something inactive or no longer effective",
      "word": "désactiver"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make something inactive or no longer effective",
      "word": "deaktivieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apenergopoió",
      "sense": "to make something inactive or no longer effective",
      "word": "απενεργοποιώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "niṣkriya karnā",
      "sense": "to make something inactive or no longer effective",
      "word": "निष्क्रिय करना"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to make something inactive or no longer effective",
      "word": "hatástalanít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to make something inactive or no longer effective",
      "word": "inaktivál"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to make something inactive or no longer effective",
      "word": "deaktivál"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "to make something inactive or no longer effective",
      "word": "menonaktifkan"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to make something inactive or no longer effective",
      "word": "disattivare"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "jansyzdanu",
      "sense": "to make something inactive or no longer effective",
      "word": "жансыздану"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "to make something inactive or no longer effective",
      "word": "menyahaktifkan"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to make something inactive or no longer effective",
      "word": "whakakaurapa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "english": "refers to computing",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to make something inactive or no longer effective",
      "word": "taupāhohe"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to make something inactive or no longer effective",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "dezaktywować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to make something inactive or no longer effective",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zdezaktywować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to make something inactive or no longer effective",
      "word": "desactivar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "deaktivírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to make something inactive or no longer effective",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "деактиви́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otključátʹ",
      "sense": "to make something inactive or no longer effective",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "отключа́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otključítʹ",
      "sense": "to make something inactive or no longer effective",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "отключи́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dezaktivírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to make something inactive or no longer effective",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "дезактиви́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to make something inactive or no longer effective",
      "word": "deaktivirati"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make something inactive or no longer effective",
      "word": "desactivar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to make something inactive or no longer effective",
      "word": "dadweithredoli"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to prevent the action of a biochemical agent",
      "word": "desactivar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to prevent the action of a biochemical agent",
      "word": "deaktivoida"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to prevent the action of a biochemical agent",
      "word": "unterbinden"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dezaktivírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to prevent the action of a biochemical agent",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "дезактиви́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to prevent the action of a biochemical agent",
      "word": "deaktivirati"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "demobilizovátʹ",
      "sense": "to remove a person or piece of hardware from active military service",
      "tags": [
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        "perfective"
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      "word": "демобилизова́ть"
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}

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