deactivate, v.
(deactivated, deactivates, deactivating)
(deactivated, deactivates, deactivating)
make inactive
<verb.change>
deactivate inactivate
sample sentences
"they deactivated the file"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s somebody
Something ----s something
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s somebody
Something ----s something
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
remove from active military status or reassign
<verb.change>
deactivate
sample sentences
"The men were deactivated after five years of service"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym