| VERB | change | deactivate | remove from active military status or reassign |
|---|---|---|---|
| change | deactivate, inactivate | make inactive |
| Sounds | diy.ae'ktihvey.t | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | Remove from active military status or reassign. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The men were deactivated after five years of service" | |
| Broader | discharge, muster out | Release from military service |
| Nouns | deactivation | breaking up a military unit (by transfers or discharges) |
| Meaning | make inactive. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "they deactivated the file" | |
| Synonym | inactivate | |
| Narrower | paralyze, paralyse | make powerless and unable to function |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Opposite | activate | make active or more active |
| Spanish | desactivar, inactivar | |
| Catalan | desactivar | |
| Nouns | deactivation | the act of deactivating or making ineffective (as a bomb) |
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