VERB | competition | inactivate, demobilize, demobilise | release from military service or remove from the active list of military service |
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change | inactivate, deactivate | make inactive |
Sounds | ihnae'ktihvey.t | |
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Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... |
Meaning | Release from military service or remove from the active list of military service. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
Synonyms | demobilize, demobilise | |
Broader | discharge, muster out | Release from military service |
Opposite | call up, mobilize, mobilise, rally | Call to arms |
Spanish | desmovilizar | |
Nouns | inactivation | breaking up a military unit (by transfers or discharges) |
Meaning | make inactive. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
Synonym | deactivate | |
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 | inactivation | the process of rendering inactive |
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