Meanings
verbdeactivate (third-person singular simple present deactivates, present participle deactivating, simple past and past participle deactivated)
present singular third person deactivates · participle present deactivating · participle past deactivated · past deactivated · alternative de-activate · alternative deäctivate
Synonyms & antonyms
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*de
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
- Proto-Italic*dē
- Latindē
- Latindē-
- Englishde-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵeti
- Proto-Italic*agō
- Latinagō
- Ancient Greekἐνεργητικός (energētikós)
- Latināctīvu
- Old Frenchactif
- Middle Englishactyf
- Englishactive
- Englishactivate
- Englishdeactivate
Translations
Catalan desactivar, desactivar
- desactivarto make something inactive or no longer effective
- desactivarto prevent the action of a biochemical agent
Chinese Mandarin 使無效 /使无效
- 使無效 /使无效 (shǐ wúxiào)to make something inactive or no longer effective
Esperanto malaktivigi, senaktivigi
- malaktivigito make something inactive or no longer effective
- senaktivigito make something inactive or no longer effective
Finnish deaktivoida, tehdä toimintakyvyttömäksi
- deaktivoidato make something inactive or no longer effective
- tehdä toimintakyvyttömäksito make something inactive or no longer effective
- deaktivoidato prevent the action of a biochemical agent
French désactiver
- désactiverto make something inactive or no longer effective
German deaktivieren, unterbinden
- deaktivierento make something inactive or no longer effective
- unterbindento prevent the action of a biochemical agent
Greek απενεργοποιώ
- απενεργοποιώ (apenergopoió)to make something inactive or no longer effective
Hindi निष्क्रिय करना
- निष्क्रिय करना (niṣkriya karnā)to make something inactive or no longer effective
Hungarian hatástalanít, inaktivál
- hatástalanítto make something inactive or no longer effective
- inaktiválto make something inactive or no longer effective
- deaktiválto make something inactive or no longer effective
Indonesian menonaktifkan
- menonaktifkanto make something inactive or no longer effective
Italian disattivare
- disattivareto make something inactive or no longer effective
Malay menyahaktifkan
- menyahaktifkanto make something inactive or no longer effective
Māori whakakaurapa, taupāhohe
- whakakaurapato make something inactive or no longer effective
- taupāhoheto make something inactive or no longer effective
Polish dezaktywować, zdezaktywować
- dezaktywowaćto make something inactive or no longer effective
- zdezaktywowaćto make something inactive or no longer effective
Portuguese desactivar
- desactivarto make something inactive or no longer effective
Russian деактиви́ровать, отключа́ть
- деактиви́ровать (deaktivírovatʹ)to make something inactive or no longer effective
- отключа́ть (otključátʹ)to make something inactive or no longer effective
- отключи́ть (otključítʹ)to make something inactive or no longer effective
- дезактиви́ровать (dezaktivírovatʹ)to make something inactive or no longer effective
- дезактиви́ровать (dezaktivírovatʹ)to prevent the action of a biochemical agent
- демобилизова́ть (demobilizovátʹ)to remove a person or piece of hardware from active military service
Spanish desactivar
- desactivarto make something inactive or no longer effective
Welsh dadweithredoli
- dadweithredolito make something inactive or no longer effective
Cite this entry
APA
deactivate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deactivate
MLA
“deactivate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deactivate. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deactivate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deactivate.
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